Re: Moving key & values from one table to another

["Ashwin Hirschi" <deery@...>]

> > In other words, if you setup this table:
> >
> > oldtbl["a"] = {"somedata"};
> > oldtbl["b"] = oldtbl["a"];
> >
> > you can copy it to newtbl such that newtbl["a"] would be a new copy of
> > the "somedata" table, and newtbl["b"] would be a reference to the
> > *new* table copy in newtbl["a"].
> >
> > I know, wishful thinking, but anyhow...

Eh... why wishful thinking? It's not that hard to do, is it?!

The key is to keep track of (i.e. a mapping of) table copies you make.

Ashwin.
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