Re: copying arrays



Q wrote:
Hi all,

Simple question:

CL-USER 37 > (setf a (make-array 5 :initial-element 7))
#(7 7 7 7 7)

CL-USER 38 > (setf b a)
#(7 7 7 7 7)

CL-USER 39 > (eq a b)
T

CL-USER 40 > (setf (aref a 0) 9)
9

CL-USER 41 > a
#(9 7 7 7 7)

CL-USER 42 > b
#(9 7 7 7 7)

How do I pass copies of the array around, instead of the array
itself? I don't want them to be eq. But, it'd be nice if they were
equal :)


copy-seq?

kt

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