From: Conrad Schneiker <schneik@...>
Date: 2000-06-19T11:35:33-05:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:03525] Re: Deep copy?

Hi,

Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng wrote:

> Given that I cannot overload =, how should I go about ensuring a deep
> copy of an object, as opposed to a shallow copy?
>         Hugh
>         hgs@dmu.ac.uk

For the general education of other readers (e.g. myself), could someone
please describe how deep copies are supported (in the sense of built-in
features, if any) in other languages Python, Smalltalk, Eiffel, and
Lisp/CLOS (or Scheme)?

Thanks.

--
Conrad Schneiker
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