Kerry,

Thanks for your help.  You're certainly right about the duplicate 
function...and of course I should have known that already.

But I'm a little confused about your statement that I shouldn't do this:

<cfif NOT isDefined("mystruct")><cfset this.init()></cfif>

I could call any function in my component at any time, so I have no way of 
guaranteeing that init has been called previously.  If the above code is not 
advised, then how can I ensure that my init function is called?


>If you do this:
>
><cfset var s = structNew()>
><cfset s = mystruct>
>
>Then s is not a struct, but a pointer to mystruct, so whenever you set a
>property of s, you are in fact setting a property of mystruct.
>
>
>Also, personally, theres no way i would do this:
>
><cfif NOT isDefined("mystruct")><cfset this.init()></cfif>
>
>
>I would do:
>
><cfset var s = duplicate(mystruct)>
>
>if mystruct isnt defined, then the component hasnt been inited, which means
>the code isnt right, and an error should be thrown.

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