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| shallow-clone | generic |
| shallow-clone (self <object>) | method |
| Return a "shallow" clone of self. The default method makes a shallow clone by allocating a new instance and copying slot values from self to the new instance. Each slot value is copied either as an immediate value or by reference. |
| deep-clone | generic |
| deep-clone (self <object>) | method |
Return a "deep" clone of self. The default method makes a deep
clone by allocating a new instance and copying or cloning slot values
from self to the new instance. If a slot value is an instance
(satisfies instance?), it is cloned by calling deep-clone
on that value. Other slot values are copied either as immediate values
or by reference.
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