# Early Error Detection

> The ability to catch errors at compile time rather than letting them surface at runtime.

Record: `lexicon:early-error-detection`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/declarative-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-early-error-detection

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Compile-Time Inputs](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/compile-time-inputs.md) and before [Runtime Dynamic Evaluation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/runtime-dynamic-evaluation.md).

## Category

- [Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/metaprogramming-language-oriented-architecture.md)

## Enabled by

- [Compile-Time Evaluation](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/compile-time-evaluation.md)

## Linked from

- [Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metaprogramming-language-oriented-architecture.md)