arnaud Jean Baptiste wrote:
> 
> 
> I don't suggest to rename #deepCopy, i suggest to replace the behavior  
> of #deepCopy by #veryDeepCopy behavior.
> 

>From my observation, the two do not have identical behaviour. In my own
case, I need the behaviour of deepCopy to avoid copying a very large object
unnecessarily; for now I have a specific method for the object
copyWithoutCircularity. 

There are 44 senders of deepCopy, which would need testing.

Another solution is to rewrite deepCopy like veryDeepCopy, to have a copier
object. This needs another method on Object, deepCopyWith:

I'm happy to implement a solution, given a consensus on the best way to do
this.

I have created a general test case for this situation, attached to issue 521

http://pharo.googlecode.com/issues/attachment?aid=7298911011553982520&name=CircularInstVarTest.st

...Stan
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