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14.2.10 copy-tree [Function]

copy-tree tree => new-tree

Arguments and Values::

tree—a tree.

new-tree—a tree.

Description::

Creates a copy of a tree of conses.

If tree is not a cons, it is returned; otherwise, the result is a new cons of the results of calling copy-tree on the car and cdr of tree. In other words, all conses in the tree represented by tree are copied recursively, stopping only when non-conses are encountered.

copy-tree does not preserve circularities and the sharing of substructure.

Examples::
      (setq object (list (cons 1 "one")
                         (cons 2 (list 'a 'b 'c))))
     =>  ((1 . "one") (2 A B C))
      (setq object-too object) =>  ((1 . "one") (2 A B C))
      (setq copy-as-list (copy-list object))
      (setq copy-as-alist (copy-alist object))
      (setq copy-as-tree (copy-tree object))
      (eq object object-too) =>  true
      (eq copy-as-tree object) =>  false
      (eql copy-as-tree object) =>  false
      (equal copy-as-tree object) =>  true
      (setf (first (cdr (second object))) "a"
            (car (second object)) "two"
            (car object) '(one . 1)) =>  (ONE . 1)
      object =>  ((ONE . 1) ("two" "a" B C))
      object-too =>  ((ONE . 1) ("two" "a" B C))
      copy-as-list =>  ((1 . "one") ("two" "a" B C))
      copy-as-alist =>  ((1 . "one") (2 "a" B C))
      copy-as-tree =>  ((1 . "one") (2 A B C))
See Also::

tree-equal