# Visitor Pattern / Element Stability

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

Record: `tension:element-stability-visitor-pattern`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-element-stability-visitor-pattern

## tensions-with

- [Visitor Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/visitor-pattern.md)
- [Element Stability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/element-stability.md)