type erasure noun2 •A compile-time process by which explicit data type annotations are removed from a program, before run-time execution.Type erasure is a mapping from types (possibly including parameterized types and type variables) to types (that are never parameterized types or type variables). — 2014 •A technique by which a class is made generic without requiring compile-time template arguments.Type erasure is often seen as a mysterious, enigmatic programming technique. It is not exclusive to C++ (most tutorials on type erasure use Java for their examples). — 2019 formstype erasures
