Opened 10 years ago

Closed 9 years ago

#11756 closed defect (wontfix)

dojo.clone: Error on cloning objects whose constructor require an object

Reported by: Anirban Mitra Owned by: Eugene Lazutkin
Priority: high Milestone: tbd
Component: Core Version: 1.5
Keywords: dojo.clone Cc:
Blocked By: Blocking:

Description (last modified by Eugene Lazutkin)

The example will make it clear 

dojo.declare('ani', null, {
    constructor: function(param){
        this.c = param.attr;
    }
});

var nomind = new ani('anirban');
dojo.clone(nomind);

throws out error TypeError: Result of expression 'param' [undefined] is not an object.

Don't know if the bug can possibly be fixed but at least a more meaningful error can be thrown.

Change History (3)

comment:1 Changed 10 years ago by Eugene Lazutkin

Description: modified (diff)
Owner: changed from anonymous to Eugene Lazutkin
Status: new → assigned

It cannot be fixed. In general dojo.clone() works only on primitive types and naked objects. To clone proper objects made with dojo.clone() you should provide a cloning constructor, or (most probably) a special method, which does exactly that --- creates a clone of itself.

comment:2 Changed 10 years ago by bill

Since "it cannot be fixed" shouldn't you close this ticket as wontfix?

comment:3 Changed 9 years ago by Eugene Lazutkin

Resolution: → wontfix
Status: assigned → closed
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