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Running the code is the only way to know whether the state in your object conflicts with the code, an is therefore a bug.

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  1. noun A systematically arranged and comprehensive collection of laws.
  2. noun A systematic collection of regulations and rules of procedure or conduct: a traffic code.
  3. noun A system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messages.
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  • It's really wonderful when we hear, "Oh, 99.9 percent of the letters in the code are the same. —  Gregory Stock: To upgrade is human
  • Any comments / critiques on the code are also very much welcome. —  AutoHotkey Community
  • One of the first details unearthed from the code is the addition of stereo Bluetooth-audio streaming -- a feature that current —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • Once I apply some polish and some more features, friends, searchs, automatic SNURL / SNIP and the like, I will bung it up on OpenNtf for now have a play if you feel that way inclined the code is all LS and is not that difficult to follow. —  Irish Blogs
  • - Microsoft's Windows 7 beta code is available now after a rush of traffic crippled servers yesterday forcing the company to postpone the public release. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cōdex, book; see codex.

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  1. from French code, from Latin codex, later form of caudex, the trunk of a tree, a wooden tablet for writing on, perhaps orig. *scaudex, a shoot or projection, related to cauda, orig. *scauda, a tail (see cauda, etc.), = English scut, q. v. For the use of wooden tablets in writing, cf. book, liber, bible, paper. See codex.
 

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