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Re: Copying a hash [message #81099 is a reply to message #81003]

Mon, 06 August 2012 16:41

David Fanning
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Paul van Delst writes:

> Bummer. To be honest, I'm not sure what the correct behaviour should be. Recursively copy all the components? I guess if
> we think of the numbers and strings as objects also, then the answer should probably be yes.... ? Why duplicate one type
> of object (int, float, or string) but not another (hash or list)? Still... it just doesn't seem right.

I think this takes us back to the need for a "deep copy" in objects.

http://www.idlcoyote.com/tips/copy_objects.html

But, we have only been requesting it for 9 years, I see by
the date on the article. I think the standard is 12 years
before they either fix the problem or consign the requester
to the loony bin. :-)

Cheers,

David

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