Define Abstract Data Type
Meera only reaches for Define Abstract Data Type when folder on disk has to stay correct in a file explorer.
Define Abstract Data Type on the board — left < root < right. Then say what folder on disk looks like after.
Without Define Abstract Data Type, a file explorer gets messy and folder on disk is hard to trust.
Define Abstract Data Type shows up in a file explorer. Name folder on disk, not “a real-world scenario”.
Define Abstract Data Type miss — unbalanced BST becoming a list. Fix it before you talk about advanced DSA.
Place Define Abstract Data Type next to nearby DSA work — left < root < right is the link.
Close Define Abstract Data Type with: “If I skip it, folder on disk goes wrong like this: unbalanced BST becoming a list.”
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1 6Board: folder on disk. Dry-run Define Abstract Data Type. Name the trap: unbalanced BST becoming a list.