# Defensive Programming / Verbosity

> "defensive-programming" (correctness-core layer) is traded against "Verbosity" (correctness-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Verbosity" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:defensive-programming-verbosity`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-defensive-programming-verbosity

## tensions-with

- [Defensive Programming](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/defensive-programming.md)
- [Verbosity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/verbosity.md)