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The Weight of Trivial Code

A seemingly trivial line should be judged by the contract cost it spreads to callers and the type system, not by local convenience.

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The Weight of Trivial Code
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Overview

Analyze the contract cost of seemingly trivial choices such as awaitless returns, mutable defaults, and three-valued logic.

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The document retains the source terminology, code links, and conceptual order.

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