# Composite Pattern / Type Safety

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

Record: `tension:composite-pattern-type-safety`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-composite-pattern-type-safety

## tensions-with

- [Composite Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/composite-pattern.md)
- [Type Safety](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/type-safety.md)