# Flat State Explosion

> Enumerating every combination of conditions as a separate flat state, so the state count explodes.

Record: `lexicon:flat-state-explosion`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Design Patterns Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/design-patterns-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-flat-state-explosion

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [External State Reach-In](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/external-state-reach-in.md) and before [Large Conditional Logic](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/large-conditional-logic.md).

## Category

- [Behavioral Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/behavioral-patterns.md)

## Negated by

- [Statecharts](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/statecharts.md)

## Linked from

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