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The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Corrected".

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Color Key: Serious Technical Mistake Minor Technical Mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question



Version Location Description Submitted By Corrected
Printed Page 20
5th paragraph

The 5th paragraph is incomplete. Ends abruptly with "...rather than a con-".
It should be "constant."

 Anonymous 
Printed Page 21
last line

... for the uses cases we worked on...

should be replaced by

... for the use cases we worked on...



 Anonymous 
Printed Page 33
Top of page

In ADAPT A PREFACTORING ATTITUDE, change ADAPT to ADOPT. Same phrase also appears further down on the same page and needs to be changed accordingly.

 Anonymous 
Printed Page 72
First paragraph

"Principle of Least Surprises"
should be:
"Principle of Least Surprise"

 Anonymous 
Printed Page 76
last paragraph

"After having... you might find that RegularPolygons actually have a lot more in
common than a Square and Rectangle."
should be:
After having... you might find that RegularPolygons, such as Square
and EquilateralTriangle, actually have a
lot more in common than a Square and Rectangle."

 Anonymous 

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