alt Hacker NewsAssuming ordering isn't a concern, can't you just have a field called "removed" and skip those when iterating?
Or swap it with the last monster, and keeping an index for the last monster alive.
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marcosdumay • today at 4:42 PM
Then you have to read the "removed" field on every field read on every operation.
SoA is only useful when you don't read multiple fields for most operations.
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Sure, but these schemes might have their own drawbacks depending on the exact use case - especially if you have a very dynamic number of monsters and constantly add and remove them (say, some kind of bullet hell style game).