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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 == operator was used to compare boxed Boolean objects, which compares their references, not their values.
The fix: Use the.equals() method to compare the values of the Boolean objects.
Remember: When comparing boxed types in Java, always use .equals() to compare values, not ==.
The pattern behind it: type errors.
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