PLP 5e Errata

This page contains a list of all known errors in the text.  To report additional bugs, send mail to or . 

Main book

• Page 174, Exploration 3.41, last full line: replace “are their any” with “are there any”. 
• Page 205, past two lines: replace “Python, Ruby, or JavaScript” with “Python or Ruby”. 
• Page 210, Fig. 4.13, 13th line of typecheck_expr:  replace “float” with “real”. 
  13th line of typecheck_stmt: replace “type_expr” with “typ_expr” and “type_x” with “typ_x”. 
• Page 513, Fig. 9.6, second line of main:  replace “int n” with “unsigned int n”. 
• Page 524, Fig. 10.1: replace first line of method contains with

    if (data == this.data)
        return true;
    else if (next == null)

• Page 526, Example 10.5: replace first line of method Link::contains with

    if (data == this->data)
        return true;
    else if (next == NULL)

• Page 530, Exercise 10.10, fourth-to-last line: replace “single super of” with “single super or”. 
• Page 535, code at top of page: replace first line of method contains with

    if (data == this.data)
        return true;
    else if (next == null)

Companion site

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Thanks to Johann Klähn and Minh Nguyen for their help in catching these mistakes.

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