# Boolean Flag Soup

> Representing state through many interdependent boolean flags, producing tangled and invalid combinations.

Record: `lexicon:boolean-flag-soup`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-boolean-flag-soup

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Automation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/automation.md) and before [Capacity Planning](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/capacity-planning.md).

## Category

- [Core Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-vocabulary.md)

## Negated by

- [State Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/state-pattern.md)
- [Finite State Machine](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/finite-state-machine.md)

## Linked from

- [Behavioral Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-behavioral-patterns.md)