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On 01/07/2013 03:49 AM, Brian Drummond wrote:
>
> Then how do you maintain links from one such object to others, to build a
> network or graph? You can access a vector element via a cursor - is it
> safe and reasonable to store and use cursors to maintain references to an
> object as the vector grows?

A "vector" is an unbounded array. You access an array component using an index, 
and that is also how to reference a component of an unbounded array. The index 
of a specific component will not change unless the user specifically changes it 
(by inserting a component with a smaller index, for example).

-- 
Jeff Carter
"Now look, Col. Batguano, if that really is your name."
Dr. Strangelove
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