[Mapserver-users] mapObj clone() method problem

[Frank Warmerdam]

Sean Gillies wrote:
> There is an issue in Bugzilla regarding the problems with clone()
> 
>    http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=557
> 
> I sorta wish I'd never begun work on cloning a mapObj ... it's just too
> fragile.  MapServer wasn't really intended to be used like this and it's
> been a difficult stretch.
> 
> That said, I'd like to hear more about your cloning use cases.

Sean,

I'll second it being fragile.  Ideally we should be able to push more
cloning logic down in to the modules responsible for the various component
data structures (which I did for the outputFormatObj).  I have also updated
the references bug with my changes.

Best regards,

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