# State Pattern / Class Proliferation

> "state-pattern" (design-patterns-core layer) is traded against "Class Proliferation" (design-patterns-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Class Proliferation" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:class-proliferation-state-pattern`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-class-proliferation-state-pattern

## tensions-with

- [State Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/state-pattern.md)
- [Class Proliferation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/class-proliferation.md)