>Weird,the outcome is always by reference...
>

>SET UDFPARMS TO VALUE
>CREATE CURSOR  tmp (a c(10),b c(10))
>INSERT INTO tmp values("aaaaa","bbbbb")
>SCATTER MEMO  name otmp ADDITIVE
>?otmp.a  && showing "aaaaa"
>otmp2=otmp
>?otmp2.a && showing "aaaaa"
>otmp.a="11111"
>?otmp2.a && showing "11111"  ?!
>otmp2.a="22222"
>?otmp.a  && showing "22222" ?!
>

It's normal you have reference to the same object.

Create Cursor  tmp (a c(10),b c(10))
Insert Into tmp Values("aaaaa","bbbbb")
Scatter Memo Name otmp Additive
?otmp.a  && showing "aaaaa"
otmp2 = CopyEmpty(oTmp)
?otmp2.a && showing "aaaaa"
otmp.a="11111"
?otmp2.a && showing "11111"  ?!
otmp2.a="22222"
?otmp.a  && showing "22222" ?!

Procedure CopyEmpty(toEmpty)
	Local oCopy,ix
	oCopy = Createobject("Empty")
	For ix= 1 To Amembers(aObjProp,toEmpty)
		AddProperty(oCopy,aObjProp[m.ix],Evaluate("toEmpty."+aObjProp[m.ix]))
	Endfor
	Return oCopy
endproc

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