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Test a custom input to verify an edge case (e.g. empty lists, negative numbers, duplicates).
This bug belongs to the type errors pattern
Totals that concatenate, sorts that put 10 before 9, comparisons that refuse to run.
What went wrong: The dynamic_cast failed because Shape was not polymorphic (i.e., it lacked a virtual function).
The fix: Add a virtual function to Shape to make it polymorphic. Use the polymorphic function directly to avoid dynamic_cast.
Remember: For dynamic_cast to work, the base class must have at least one virtual function.
The pattern behind it: type errors.
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