# Value Semantics

> The requirement that values be compared and copied by content rather than by reference identity.

Record: `lex:value-semantics`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Computation Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/computation-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-value-semantics

## category

- [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/correctness-determinism-verification.md)

## referenced-by

- [Immutability](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/immutability.md)