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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/1/2014 2:42 PM, Daniel Dawid Majewski wrote:
> On 01.10.2014 16:25, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>> They do.  It is automatically generated by the compiler just like the
>> source code comment explains.  Unless you need some special copy
>> semantics (not just a direct copy of every class member which is what
>> the compiler will generate), you do not need to write your own copy
>> constructor.
> Ok, so where are nested following python methods ?:
> Copy(MODULE self, MODULE src)
> Copy(ZONE_CONTAINER self, ZONE_CONTAINER src)
> How I could make ?:
> Copy(TRACK self, TRACK src)
> Copy(VIA self, VIA src)
> 
> Searching for
> regex:'\bCopy\b.*\b((ZONE_CONTAINER)|(MODULE)|(TEXTE_PCB)|(DIMENSION)|(TEXTE_MODULE)|(DRAWSEGMENT)|(MARKER_PCB)|(BOARD)|(EDGE_MODULE)|(D_PAD)|(TRACK)|(VIA))\b'...
> In:'~/rpm/BUILD/kicad-sources-BZR.5158-main/pcbnew/class_zone.h':
> 112:    void Copy( ZONE_CONTAINER* src );
> In:'~/rpm/BUILD/kicad-sources-BZR.5158-main/pcbnew/class_zone.cpp':
> 799:void ZONE_CONTAINER::Copy( ZONE_CONTAINER* src )
> In:'~/rpm/BUILD/kicad-sources-BZR.5158-main/pcbnew/class_text_mod.h':
> 122:    void Copy( TEXTE_MODULE* source ); // copy structure
> In:'~/rpm/BUILD/kicad-sources-BZR.5158-main/pcbnew/class_text_mod.cpp':
> 148:void TEXTE_MODULE::Copy( TEXTE_MODULE* source )
> In:'~/rpm/BUILD/kicad-sources-BZR.5158-main/pcbnew/class_pcb_text.h':
>  72:    void Copy( TEXTE_PCB* source );
> In:'~/rpm/BUILD/kicad-sources-BZR.5158-main/pcbnew/class_pcb_text.cpp':
>  62:void TEXTE_PCB::Copy( TEXTE_PCB* source )
> In:'~/rpm/BUILD/kicad-sources-BZR.5158-main/pcbnew/class_pad.h':
>  97:    void Copy( D_PAD* source );
> In:'~/rpm/BUILD/kicad-sources-BZR.5158-main/pcbnew/class_pad.cpp':
> 411:void D_PAD::Copy( D_PAD* source )
> In:'~/rpm/BUILD/kicad-sources-BZR.5158-main/pcbnew/class_module.h':
>  88:    void Copy( MODULE* Module );        // Copy structure
> In:'~/rpm/BUILD/kicad-sources-BZR.5158-main/pcbnew/class_module.cpp':
> 199:void MODULE::Copy( MODULE* aModule )
> 247:                textm->Copy( static_cast<TEXTE_MODULE*>( item ) );
> 256:                edge->Copy( (EDGE_MODULE*) item );
> In:'~/rpm/BUILD/kicad-sources-BZR.5158-main/pcbnew/class_edge_mod.h':
>  62:    void Copy( EDGE_MODULE* source );           // copy structure
> In:'~/rpm/BUILD/kicad-sources-BZR.5158-main/pcbnew/class_edge_mod.cpp':
>  83:void EDGE_MODULE::Copy( EDGE_MODULE* source )
> In:'~/rpm/BUILD/kicad-sources-BZR.5158-main/pcbnew/class_drawsegment.h':
> 173:    void Copy( DRAWSEGMENT* source );
> In:'~/rpm/BUILD/kicad-sources-BZR.5158-main/pcbnew/class_drawsegment.cpp':
>  87:void DRAWSEGMENT::Copy( DRAWSEGMENT* source )
> In:'~/rpm/BUILD/kicad-sources-BZR.5158-main/pcbnew/class_dimension.h':
> 185:    void            Copy( DIMENSION* source );
> In:'~/rpm/BUILD/kicad-sources-BZR.5158-main/pcbnew/class_dimension.cpp':
>  91:void DIMENSION::Copy( DIMENSION* source )
> In:'~/rpm/BUILD/kicad-sources-BZR.5158-main/pcbnew/board_undo_redo.cpp':
> 198:        ( (MODULE*) aImage )->Copy( (MODULE*) this );
> 207:        ( (ZONE_CONTAINER*) aImage )->Copy( (ZONE_CONTAINER*) this );
> 

You would have to ask the folks that wrote the python scripting module.
 I cannot answer that question.  However, it should be possible to use
the default C++ copy constructor to create the python copy code.