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NOT.3:8 - Common Anti-Patterns and How to Avoid Them

FailureRepair
A legend names signs but leaves composition unusedRead a compound expression through to its result. The condition example needs a rule for proceeding through nested enclosures.
Treating a denotation as an available computationIdentify the operation that obtains the denoted answer and its conditions, or return the missing algorithmic problem.
Hiding a learned reading skillExplain the operation or name the preparation needed to perform it. Test access and capability where uncertainty changes the next move.
Reusing a shortened reading after its premise changesRecheck which observations it preserves. Short-circuit reading in the first case presupposes stable conditions without reading effects.
Reading a plan as a report of eventsObtain the observations needed for the event claim; the signal schedule alone states what is planned.