{"id":"flyweight-intrinsic-vs-extrinsic-state","text":"In the Flyweight pattern, extrinsic state (such as font information) is stored externally rather than in the shared flyweight objects themselves — for example, GlyphContext uses a BTree to map glyph indices to fonts, keeping this state proportional to font-change frequency rather than character count, while Character flyweights are shared and cached by the GlyphFactory.","truth_value":"IN","source":"entries/2026/06/17/gof-oo-chunk-14.md","source_url":"","source_hash":"","justifications":[],"dependents":["flyweight-solves-composite-sharing","glyphcontext-btree-validates-flyweight-extrinsic-state-engineering","prototype-flyweight-identity-spectrum-bounds-sharing-design-space"],"metadata":{"last_premise_reviewed":"2026-06-17T18:19:22","premise_review_result":"overgeneralized","repair_action":"rewritten"},"created_at":"2026-06-17T17:04:08+00:00","updated_at":"2026-06-17T22:52:59+00:00","reviewed_at":"","verified_at":"","retracted_at":"","explanation":{"steps":[{"node":"flyweight-intrinsic-vs-extrinsic-state","truth_value":"IN","reason":"premise"}]}}