ahlenius@motcid.UUCP (Mark Ahlenius) (09/27/90)
I have a question on how to copy a slightly complex item in CL. I have an array of structures, and each structure in turn contains another array. I have two independent instances of the above complex structure (well its not really that complex) - lets call them old and new. Now I wish to copy all the *data* contained in the new unit into the old unit. But I don't want the two structures to be pointing to the same memory locations. Is there an efficient way in CL to accomplish this? I have implemented a method to walk through the structures and copy them - but this is rather slow. I would appreciated any hints on this. email responses preferred. thanks 'mark -- =============== regards 'mark ============================================= Mark Ahlenius voice:(708)-632-5346 email: uunet!motcid!ahleniusm Motorola Inc. fax: (708)-632-2413 Arlington, Hts. IL, USA 60004