Lexicon

Strict Fragile Parsers

Kind: anti-pattern

Layer: Contracts Core

Record: lexicon:strict-fragile-parsers

Canonical: Lexicon

Parsers that reject any input deviating from an exact expectation, breaking on benign additions.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Silent Breaking Changes and before Undefined Results.

Category

  • Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility

Negated by

  • Forward Compatibility

Violates

  • Forward Compatibility

Linked from

  • Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility