Each node is defined as an object. As soon as you make a copy several of the properties need to change - like x,y positions, id, and (as per your suggestion) the icon. So it is immediately not an exact copy so can’t be by reference. I don’t think it can be like overlay storage like docker uses that just stores differences. So not sure how this would ever work.
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