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📖 Carolopedia › PatternGuide page
📖What it means
A shape of solution used deliberately in more than one place. Changing a pattern means updating EVERY instance of it and recording why — a half-changed pattern is worse than either version.
⚖️What it is NOT
The neighbours this word is most often confused with, and the line between them.
Not: Template
A pattern is a way of building; a template is a filled-in checklist for a kind of work.
Not: Design
A pattern recurs across many things; a design describes one.
🗣️Also called
conventionidiomstandard shape