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Mat Noguchi GDC 2005 Talk Slide 23

We also have a type to allow tags to explicitly define external dependencies, called a tag_reference. A tag_reference is essentially a typed persistent pointer that is maintained by the tag system when a tag is loaded. A tag_reference can be further constrained to point to tags of a particular tag_group. This simple abstraction is what powers much of our game asset management.



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