# Bounded Nesting Depth / Tree Compactness

> "bounded-nesting-depth" (structural-core layer) is traded against "Tree Compactness" (structural-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Tree Compactness" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:bounded-nesting-depth-tree-compactness`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-bounded-nesting-depth-tree-compactness

## tensions-with

- [Bounded Nesting Depth](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/bounded-nesting-depth.md)
- [Tree Compactness](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/tree-compactness.md)