clone [function]

clone( var )

creates a one-reference copy of the variable var or returns null and emits a warning on failure

• variables that are passed by value (null, bool, int, real, cfunc) or strings/functions are returned as-is, since for value types all copies are same and strings/functions are immutable

x = { a = 5 };
y = clone( x );
z = x;
x.a = 6;
print( y.a ); // prints "5"
print( z.a ); // prints "6"