Comment by oddx
13 hours ago
> it of course will still have identity in being a unique structure in memory
No, it will not. The design allows multiple objects to share one structure in memory across multiple records, or not have such a structure at all (see Scalarization in the article).
> The design allows multiple objects to share one structure in memory across multiple records, or not have such a structure at all
Yes. I fear you are missing the point.