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Binary.copyBlock(3kaya) 				       Kaya module reference					   Binary.copyBlock(3kaya)

NAME

       Binary::copyBlock - Copy a block of data.

SYNOPSIS

       Binary copyBlock( Binary block )

ARGUMENTS

       block The block of data

DESCRIPTION

       Creates a new block with identical size and contents to block
	This  can  be used to allow editing of data from a block created with Binary.createInitialisedBlock(3kaya) , without altering the foreign
       structure itself.

    cblock = createInitialisedBlock(ptr,len);
    kblock = copyBlock(cblock);

AUTHORS

       Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

       The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms  of  the  GNU  Lesser  General  Public
       License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.

RELATED

       Binary.Binary(3kaya)
       Binary.copyChunk(3kaya)
       Binary.createInitialisedBlock(3kaya)

Kaya								   October 2012 					   Binary.copyBlock(3kaya)