circle-ellipse problem
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The problematic situation where a base class contains methods which mutate an object in a…
The problematic situation where a base class contains methods which mutate an object in a manner which may invalidate a (stronger) invariant found in a derived class, violating the Liskov substitution principle. For example, if a circle is modelled as a subtype of an ellipse, and the ellipse has a method that stretches it on one axis, the circle must also implement that method despite it making no sense for a circle.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for circle-ellipse problem. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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