design by contract

noun

Etymology

Coined by French computer scientist Bertrand Meyer.

Definitions

  1. A software design approach that prescribes formal, precise and verifiable interface…

    A software design approach that prescribes formal, precise and verifiable interface specifications (contracts) with preconditions, postconditions, and invariants.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for design by contract. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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