Taking a copy of an object

[Hasan Aljudy]

Tom S wrote:
> Hasan Aljudy wrote:
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>> Tom S wrote:
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>>> Hasan Aljudy wrote:
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>>>> a compiler generated .dup method would be nice.
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>>> Reflection and the ability to generate your own would be even better.
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>> well you already can create your own .dup
>> I mean it's just a method that returns typeof(this)
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> There was a subtle difference in what I wrote :) 'generate' vs 'create' 
>  - that is. Generating own .dup and/or serialization functions based on 
> meta data is different than writing/creating your own routines to handle 
> that by hand.
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> Tomasz Stachowiak

Sorry, what's the difference of writing code and "generating code by 
yourself"?