>>>>> "mcdavis941" == mcdavis941  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

mcdavis941> I'm working on a clone method for an object (which makes a deep copy of 
the data structure and all other data structures 'contained' by it).  I'm trying to 
create a new reference that refers to the same thing an existing reference points to, 
but is actually a separate reference, so that you get two separately-valued references 
pointing to the same underlying value.  

mcdavis941> It's not going as planned.

Have you seen Storable's "clone" routine?

Have you seen my article on deep copy?
<http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/UnixReview/col30.html>

I don't mind you reinventing the wheel, provided you have already
studied prior art.

print "Just another Perl hacker,"

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