This is the code I used for testing julia> struct Tree left::Tree right::Tree Tree() = new() Tree(l, r) = new(l, r) end julia> a = Tree() Tree(#undef, #undef) julia> for i=1:20 a = Tree(a, a) end julia> using Serialization jul…

Semantically they copy, though in this case the compiler can optimise things by using references instead (probably because you have possibly undefined fields), which is why your example doesn’t blow up.

Serializing a tree requires a huge amount of storage

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1115 March 15, 2022, 10:44pm 3

Good point, they are probably the same thing. My temporary solution is keeping a dictionary of objects, and then dump this dictionary. Wondering if it can be made more elegant.

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Serializing a tree requires a huge amount of storage

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