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Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:21:28 -0500
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On 2011.06.11 09:12 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 6/11/2011 9:32 PM, Andrew Berg wrote:
> > I'm pretty happy that I can copy variables and their value from one
>
> You are copying names and their associations, but not the objects or 
> thier values.
Associations? The update() method copies the values; a.val1 and b.val1
point to two different places in memory.