# Memento Pattern / Memory Footprint

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

Record: `tension:memento-pattern-memory-footprint`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-memento-pattern-memory-footprint

## tensions-with

- [Memento Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/memento-pattern.md)
- [Memory Footprint](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/memory-footprint.md)