Unchecked Dynamic Code

Kind: anti-pattern

Layer: Computation Core

Record: lexicon:unchecked-dynamic-code

Canonical: Lexicon

Running dynamically generated or evaluated code that static analysis cannot inspect for defects.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Side Effects and before Undefined Behavior.

Category

• Correctness / Determinism / Verification

Negated by

• Static Analysis

Violates

• Code as Data
• Metaprogramming
• Runtime Code Generation

Linked from

• Correctness / Determinism / Verification
• Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture