# Effect Boundaries

> The requirement that side effects be confined to explicit boundaries rather than scattered through pure logic.

Record: `lex:effect-boundaries`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Atomic Boundary](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/atomic-boundary.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-effect-boundaries

## category

- [Transactions / State / Concurrency](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/transactions-state-concurrency.md)

## referenced-by

- [Controlled Side Effects](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/controlled-side-effects.md)