[DGD] arrays

[Felix A. Croes]

pete at ana.sk wrote:

> > Once again, yes.  Arrays are shared.  Use
> > 
> >     b = a[..];
> > 
> > if you want a copy.
>
> Ok, thanks, sorry for troubling you. I knew arrays were shared, but 
> i was imagining that a "shared" means copy-on-write behaviour. Is 
> there anything else that is shared (not copy-on-write)? Mappings 
> maybe? Or strings?

Mappings are like arrays in this.  Strings are copy-on-write; from an
LPC programmer's perspective, they are not shared.

Regards,
Dworkin
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