[Cuis] [SOLVED] Re: Copy vs Clone

[Ken.Dickey]

On Thu, 14 May 2015 11:03:29 -0300
Juan Vuletich <juan at jvuletich.org> wrote:


> > The original Object>>copy would work where I implement postCopy to set location to a new MorphicTranslation.
> >
> > Object>>copy
> >      ^self shallowCopy postCopy
> 
> But the problem with this is that the original and the copy would share 
> that state embedded in the closure... They would also share submorphs, etc.

In this case, that is the desired outcome.

> Can you help me reproduce the problem with the closure? I think the best 
> would be to make that closure a "clean" one, storing any needed state in 
> the morph (maybe as properties), and accessing it via messages to self...

Hmmm..  I'll have to send you the image.

I have things taken apart and a bunch of parts all over the floor..  I have yet to comstruct a clean change-set.

 
> Sometimes I think it would be nicer if all closures were clean. I'm not 
> really sure what would we lose with such restriction...

I think you are tired.  You would lose _closures_!

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-KenD