Re: Object copy function question

[Fabien Bodard <gambas.fr@xxxxxxxxx>]

You can speed up the copy by mixing the array.copy and self made copy for
referenced types (object or arrays)

But remember that each object must have a self copy function because there
is no way to make it automatically in all cases


Le ven. 6 sept. 2024 à 00:54, Benoît Minisini <
benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> Le 06/09/2024 à 00:13, Bruce Steers a écrit :
> > A method like CopyData or CopyNew or CopyContents or some other relevant
> > word that copies an array contents as an actual copy without referencing
> > would be awesome.
> > The Word Copy kinda misleads to think  you will get a true copy of the
> > data instead of references. I've had to recursively copy arrays within
> > arrays in some code to overcome the referencing.
> > Just a thought 😊
> >
>
> There is no "false" or "true" copy method, but "shallow" and "deep" copy.
>
> You can't have a deep copy method of an array (or collection) contents
> in Gambas, as there is no standard way for the interpreter to know how
> to copy an object.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Benoît Minisini.
>
>
>

-- 
Fabien Bodard