Appendix A. Introduction

Welcome to the code commentary section of the book. If you are reading this, you are looking for a heavily detailed tour of the code. The commentary presumes you have read the equivalent section in the main part of the book, so, if you just started reading here, you’re probably in the wrong place.

Each appendix section corresponds to the order and structure of the book. The order in which the functions are presented is the same order as displayed in the call graphs that are referenced throughout the commentary. At the beginning of each appendix and subsection, there is a mini table of contents to help navigate your way through the commentary. The code coverage is not 100 percent, but all the principal code patterns that ...

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