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#29431: Example for C++ is not quite correct. Function findAverage() in base class is private, then SampleImpelentation class inherit publically. Co...more...
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17-Aug-07
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#25753: Point 5 of the "Order a Pizza" test case says nothing about checking the pizza for extra or missing ingredients, let alone issues such as ingr...more...
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#29122: I believe "observer" in the Customer class's set_address and set_name methods should be "the_observer".--Bart van der Zwet

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23-May-07
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#29126: I think "print length of theTopping" in the second pseudocode sample on this page should be "print length of theToppings" given the declaratio...more...
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24-May-07

Stuff To Be Considered in the Next Edition

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#25664: The paragraph after the Customer interface uses different method names than in the interface. Readers not familiar with Ruby might not see th...more...
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07-Aug-06
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#25679: Be consistent in the WebPage and URL data interfaces. URL is preceded with the word "data" while WebPage is not.--Kyle Blaney

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07-Aug-06