Re: Object copy function question

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 05/09/2024 à 20:56, Linus a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> It seems that the ‘.copy()’ function available for an Array of Classes does not create a copy in a way the new copy has different pointers as reference but the same as the original Array.
>
> So I guess use ‘.copy()’ for base type of array of objects/variables like String[], Integer[], etc, works as expected, but for an Array of Custom Classes not.
>
> Example:
>
> Class  CVarExpect
>
> ‘ Gambas class file
>
>    Public Subject As String
>    Public Expect As String
>    Public ResponsesData as String
>    Public Responses As String[]
>
> Public Sub _new()
>
>    Responses = New String[]
>
> End
>
>
> ‘ ———————————————————
>
>    Dim CVarExpertArray = New CVarExpect[]
>    Dim NewCVarExpectArray = New CVarExpect[]
>
>    NewCVarExpectArray = CVarExpertArray.Copy()
>
>
> Can someone confirm that COPYING a custom Array of Classes doe not create a complete new Object but just create a new object that refer to the existing one ?
>
> Thank you
>
>
> Olivier Cruilles

Array.Copy() copies the contents of the array. If the array contents are 
objects references, the references are copied, not the objects 
themselves of course.

Regards,

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Benoît Minisini.