Better to store node ids instead of references in links?

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Better to store node ids instead of references in links? #26

Closed seallard closed 4 years ago

seallard commented 4 years ago

So, is it better to store node ids or references in links?

Drawbacks of storing refs:

Need to create new node objects during crossover and update each ref

So if the links only contains the node ids, there is no need to iterate over all links and update the refs during crossover. I would only have to create/store the correct nodes.

seallard commented 4 years ago

No, references are fine.