Status: IN
Copy-on-write Proxy mediates the Prototype-Flyweight identity spectrum by deferring the transition from sharing to independence: multiple clients share a single object (Flyweight-like) until modification, at which point a copy is made (Prototype-like), dynamically choosing the optimal identity policy per-access rather than fixing it at creation time.
Copy-on-write occupies the interior of the identity spectrum by lazily transitioning between sharing and independence
Depends on (SL): copy-on-write-proxy-optimization, prototype-flyweight-identity-spectrum-bounds-sharing-design-space