Creational Design Patterns in Modern C++ - Introduction - introduces you to the pattern and its intent

The video discusses the prototype design pattern, a creational pattern that returns a clone of an existing instance rather than creating a new one. This approach is useful when object creation is expensive or when multiple instances with slight variations are needed. The pattern allows for controlled object creation and can be implemented even in languages that do not support runtime class specification. The intent is to create objects by copying a prototype, with classes inheriting from a base class that provides a clone method.

How does the prototype pattern allow for the control of object cloning and initialization?

What role does the clone method play in the prototype design pattern?