[fpc-devel] Re: FPC 2.2.4 rc1 Copy() function issue?

[Thaddy]

Sooky Boo wrote:
> Found a solution.
>
> Copy() only works for one level deep and since using fpc 2.2.4 the 
> array became two levels deep.
>
> Solution copy array A to array B using copy, then for each element of 
> array B copy nested array from A to B.
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But that is not a bug: that is by design and is also the way Delphi (and 
other languages) should and do behave..
Only a record with simple types (incl. shortstrings) are fully copied 
with a move(). Not pointer dependencies.
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