What is the difference between "Explicitly" and "Implicitly" in programming language?

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Equivocal picture Equivocal · Sep 27, 2016 · Viewed 12.7k times · Source

I would like to have a clear and precise understanding of the difference between the two.

Also is the this keyword used to implicitly reference or explicitly ? This is also why I want clarification between the two?

I assume to use the this keyword is to reference implicitly (being something withing the class) whilst explicitly (is something not belonging to the class itself) like a parameter variable being passed into a method.

Of course my assumptions could obviously be wrong which is why I'm here asking for clarification.

Answer

momomorez picture momomorez · Sep 27, 2016

Explicit means done by the programmer. Implicit means done by the JVM or the tool , not the Programmer.

For Example: Java will provide us default constructor implicitly.Even if the programmer didn't write code for constructor, he can call default constructor.

Explicit is opposite to this , ie. programmer has to write .

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