Hi all.
Why am I not meant to make a deep copy of a class? From the source for TraitBehavior>>deepCopy (which in 3.9 is the method that is invoked when you invoke #deepCopy on a class):
deepCopy
"Classes should only be shallowCopied or made anew."
^ self shallowCopy
Ditto applies for Class>>copy.
Surely, a shallow copy of a class is less useful than a deep copy because any modifications to the copy would also modify the original? Are there other reasons for copying a class other than to make a modifiable copy?
Gulik.
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