Lea Verou • 8/16/2015

Copying object properties, the robust way

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This article explores the challenges of creating a robust JavaScript function to copy object properties. It starts with a naive approach, then iterates through solutions that handle accessors via Object.defineProperty(), and finally presents a hybrid method that combines techniques to safely copy properties from objects with both simple values and complex descriptors.

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