# Opaque Syntax Trees

> Syntax trees a program cannot inspect or manipulate as data, so code cannot be transformed programmatically.

Record: `lexicon:opaque-syntax-trees`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/declarative-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-opaque-syntax-trees

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Macro Systems](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/macro-systems.md) and before [AST or Data Representation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/ast-or-data-representation.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Homoiconicity](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/homoiconicity.md)

## Linked from

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