Hi AM,

If I get what you are doing correctly, you want to change this 
sub generate {
  my ($self, $OBJS) = @_;
}

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to 
sub generate {
  my ($self, [@$OBJS]) = @_;
}

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where you dereference $OBJS then return a reference to the dereferenced array, therefore returning a deep copy. Here is an example of what I mean. 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

my $original =[1,2, 3];

my $shallow_original=$original;
my $deep_original=[@$original];

$original->[1]=42;

print "original: @$original\n";
print "shallow: @$shallow_original\n";
print "deep: @$deep_original\n";

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which, when run, would produce 
original: 1 42 3
shallow: 1 42 3
deep: 1 2 3

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cheers

thinker

Edit to add return values.
thinker

In reply to Re: how do I copy an array of objects? by thinker
in thread how do I copy an array of objects? by Anonymous Monk

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