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expression problem: a standalone construct

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the challenge of extending a data type with both new cases and new operations without changing or recompiling existing code while keeping static type safety.

In programming languages, expression problem refers to the challenge of extending a data type with both new cases and new operations without changing or recompiling existing code while keeping static type safety. This meaning comes from Torgersen (2004) in Lecture Notes in Computer Science.[1]

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References

Torgersen, M. (2004). The Expression Problem Revisited. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 123-146). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24851-4_6

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