File: add-two-integers/solution.py

Date: 2026-06-06

Time: 15:13

add-two-integers/solution.py

Purpose

This is the solution to LeetCode problem #2235 "Add Two Integers." It's about as minimal as a LeetCode problem gets — return the sum of two ints. Its real significance in this repo is structural: it follows the same Solution class convention as every other problem directory, making it a canonical example of the project's solution template.

Key Components

Solution.sum(self, num1: int, num2: int) -> int — The only method. Takes two integers in the range [-100, 100] and returns their sum. The docstring documents the constraint range from the problem statement, but no runtime validation enforces it.

Patterns

Dependencies

Imports: None. This file is self-contained with no standard library or third-party imports.

Imported by: The "Imported By" list in the prompt is misleading — those are test files from *other* problem directories, not actual importers of this module. The real consumer is add-two-integers/testsolution.py, which imports this Solution class to run test cases against it. The massive import list likely reflects a shared test infrastructure pattern where testsolution.py files across the repo follow an identical import-and-test template.

Flow

1. Caller instantiates Solution().

2. Caller invokes solution.sum(num1, num2).

3. Python evaluates num1 + num2 and returns the result.

There is no branching, no iteration, no state.

Invariants

Error Handling

None. No validation, no try/except, no sentinel values. If called with non-integer types, Python's built-in + operator will either work (floats) or raise a TypeError — but that's outside the problem contract.

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