[ENH][VM] primitiveCopyObject
Avi Bryant
avi at beta4.com
Fri Dec 5 22:59:56 UTC 2003
On Dec 5, 2003, at 12:29 PM, Andreas Raab wrote:
> Change Set: CopyObject
> Date: 5 December 2003
> Author: Andreas Raab
>
> Introduces a primitiveCopyObject which can be used for (shallow)
> copying
> state from some other object of the same class. This allows for
> efficiently
> 'backing up' and 'restoring' state in some object. For example, one
> can use
> a #clone of the object to get a backup and then use #copyFrom: to
> restore
> the backup.
Hey great - that's occasionally a bottleneck for Seaside. Thanks.
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