Hmmm, I understand.

And hope there will be an “native Flash clone method on Object” in Flash 7

Thanks for your reply Jesse.

Yes, you can copy one DP’s item, but what if that item has sub-object’s in it? I think the issue was, since there is no native Flash “clone” method on Object, then you have to use recursion, but no function was produced in the thread that didn’t have it’s pros and cons enough to deeply divide the fence.

I guess I could add a copy, but that’s under the assume that your not “really” copying an array, but merely copying a reference to it.

…this doesnt’ even touch of custom classes… There should be a way to save those as well via Branden Hall’s technique, but that get’s into shaky territory of, “Is it really DataProvider’s job to do something like that?” …well, I would say yeah, and it seems you would to.

I’ll chew on it some more and maybe come up with something if it’s realistic.