> If you really want a copy, you can use duplicate(). That won't for
> object instances though, if you want to duplicate those, you have to
> write a clone method of some sort.
>
> cheers,
> barneyb
>
>
> On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 16:02:56 -0400, Michael Hodgdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> net> wrote:
> > Hey Jim,
> >
> > Thanks for getting back to me. Unfortunately it does make sense. I
> really thought (and was hoping) that when you ask a function for some
> data that it returns a copy of that data not a reference to that
> objects data. What is the standard practice for this? How do you
> truly protect an objects data from corruption if when you use a getter
> on it it returns a reference pointer not a copy?
> >
> >
> --
> Barney Boisvert
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> http://www.barneyb.
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