Code Path

Definitions

1. A specific route through a program's logic determined by conditions, inputs, errors, or feature flags during execution. Thinking in code paths is important for testing and debugging because rare combinations of state may exercise logic that normal happy-path checks never touch.

   In plain English: A particular route through a program's logic during execution.

   Example: "The bug only appeared on the fallback code path taken when the primary cache missed and the request also lacked a locale header."

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