TStructure.Clone()
Posted: 16 Jul 2014, 06:22
bTStructure.Clone() function/b
Version: 0.1.28 and higher
Clone function returns ideep copy/i of the structure.
Cloned structure can not contain any objects. It can consist just from numbers, booleans, strings, other structures or arrays (lists).
ubWarning:/b/u
Be extremely careful using this function. If the structure contains loop (structure contains reference to itself), the function throws an StackOverflowException and application fails!
ubExplanation of shallow x deep copy:/b/u
Deep copy is creating a new object and then copying all the properties of the current object to the new object. If a property is a value type --> a bit-by-bit copy of the property is performed. If a property is a reference type --> a new copy (clone) of the referred object is performed.
Shallow copying is creating a new object and then copying all the properties of the current object to the new object. If a property is a value type --> a bit-by-bit copy of the property is performed. If a property is a reference type --> the reference is copied but the referred object is not(!); therefore the original object and its clone refer to the same object!
Version: 0.1.28 and higher
Clone function returns ideep copy/i of the structure.
Cloned structure can not contain any objects. It can consist just from numbers, booleans, strings, other structures or arrays (lists).
ubWarning:/b/u
Be extremely careful using this function. If the structure contains loop (structure contains reference to itself), the function throws an StackOverflowException and application fails!
ubExplanation of shallow x deep copy:/b/u
Deep copy is creating a new object and then copying all the properties of the current object to the new object. If a property is a value type --> a bit-by-bit copy of the property is performed. If a property is a reference type --> a new copy (clone) of the referred object is performed.
Shallow copying is creating a new object and then copying all the properties of the current object to the new object. If a property is a value type --> a bit-by-bit copy of the property is performed. If a property is a reference type --> the reference is copied but the referred object is not(!); therefore the original object and its clone refer to the same object!