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NOT.5:8 - Common Anti-Patterns and How to Avoid Them

FailureRepair
Matching labels while losing their connections or scopesTranslate interpreted structure; the node/pair construction in :5.1 retains the required relation.
Recovering an arbitrary source and calling it the originalExhibit the collapsed alternatives and retain the information needed to distinguish them.
Treating a useful summary as a complete substituteKeep its successful use and add the missing information for the new question.
Returning a target answer outside the source’s admitted casesRestore the source restriction and the return argument.
Accepting a target edit by silently changing a protected source featureDeclare the backward policy and expose incompatible edits, as in :5.3.
Assuming a later format restores an earlier lossTrace the needed distinction through the translation sequence or return to a retained source.