# Conflated Scope

> A defect in which one declared scope is used both to detect collisions and to decide whether a result answers a later question.

Record: `lexicon:conflated-scope`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-conflated-scope

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [File-Wide Lifetime](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/file-wide-lifetime.md) and before [Attached Second Caller](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/attached-second-caller.md).

## Category

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/coordination-surfaces.md)

## Violates

- [Write Scope and Read Population](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/write-scope-and-read-population.md)

## Linked from

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-coordination-surfaces.md)