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Subject Api contractLevel Mid–Senior~18 minCommon in Networking & APIs interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this endpoint that returns either a list or an error.

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Separate real bugs from style. Rank issues by severity, point at the root cause rather than the symptom, and suggest a concrete fix — specific and kind.

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def list_items():    items = get_items()    if not items:        return {'error': 'none found'}    return items
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