[DGD] Clones and very large arrays

[Robert Forshaw]

>From: "Steve Foley" <zeppo1 at mindspring.com>
> > If this kind of use of arrays is deprecated, how should I keep a record 
>of
>clones?
>
>I'm using a linked list.  This distributes the data across more objects (to
>mitigate swapping concerns) and avoids any issues with respect to max array
>size.  Though obviously getting the actual list of all clones isn't 
>anywhere
>near as fast as it would be by your method.  I don't find a need to get 
>that
>information too often, though.

I'm not too taken with the idea, but I'll ask anyway because I'm curious; 
how does a link list work in respect to clones? Since a clone is always 
derived from a master object, I can't see how the clones would be 'linked' 
together.

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