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Dummy code is inserted in a program skeleton to simulate processing and avoid [[compiler|compilation]] error messages. It may involve empty [[subroutine|function]] declarations, or functions that return a correct result only for a simple test case where the expected response of the code is known.
 
Skeleton programming facilitates a [[top-down]] design approach, where a partially- functional system with complete high-level structures is designed and coded, and this system is then progressively expanded to fulfill the requirements of the project.
 
Program skeletons are sometimes used for high-level descriptions of [[algorithm]]s.