Hi,
>
> How do you duplicate an object {bool:true, val:5} in another variable
> without pointing to the original one, and without having to create a
> constructor. In Director, there's a duplicate() method in Lingo. Is
> there an equivalent way to do this in Flash?
>
> Something like this, but which would actually work:
>
> var h = {a:true};
> var g = h;
> trace(h.a); // true
> g.a = false;
> trace(h.a); // false, but want to be true, so it's separate from g
> object.
>
I recently released a library which add this functionality
of deep copy to all core objects
You can download it here
http://www.burrrn.com/projects/core2.html
your small exemple will turn like that:
var h = { a:true };
var g = h.copy();
trace( h.a ); //true
g.a = false;
trace( h.a ); //true
zwetan
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