# Performance/Safety

> The degree to which inspecting and dispatching on types at runtime costs performance and bypasses static safety.

Record: `lexicon:performance-safety`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/declarative-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-performance-safety

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Reflection/AST/Code Generation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/reflection-ast-code-generation.md) and before [Runtime Type Metadata](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/runtime-type-metadata.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Reflection](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/reflection.md)
- [Reflection / Performance/Safety](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/performance-safety-reflection.md)

## Linked from

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