I find myself passing in the number of total clones as a parameter.
Yes, that's the only way.

I would like to avoid this if possible.
Why? Is it only for cosmetic reasons, or for technical reasons?

Yes, [clone foo 20 20] might look ugly, but it does the job. Personally, I haven't ever needed the number of cloned instances inside an instance... but if you need it frequently, you can make a feature request on GitHub.

Christof

On 03.03.2021 20:12, William Huston wrote:
Is there a way for a clone instance to determine the total number of clones?

Because often the behavior of a clone depends on its relative position
within a chain of instances.

"I am instance 12 of 100, therefore, I should behave like so...."

I find myself passing in the number of total clones as a parameter.
I would like to avoid this if possible.

Thanks,
BH










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