Name: ssT124754 Date: 03/20/2001


http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/api/index.html
http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.3/docs/api/index.html

The documentation rarely (if ever) indicates whether functions which copy
objects do so through shallow or deep copy. Take arrays for example.. Do
arrays' clone() command use shallow or deep copy? Does System.arraycopy()
use shallow or deep copy?

It's very important for this to be explicit.
(Review ID: 119122)
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