SIDE-EFFECT
\sˈa͡ɪdɪfˈɛkt], \sˈaɪdɪfˈɛkt], \s_ˈaɪ_d_ɪ_f_ˈɛ_k_t]\
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A language construct that modifies the state of the system.The most common side-effects are assignment, input andoutput. A language without side-effects ispurely-functional - execution consists of the evaluation ofan expression and all subexpressions are referentiallytransparent.
By Denis Howe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).