Apple Newton Programmer’s Newton 2.0 (for Newton 2.0) - Manual (Page 892)

C H A P T E R 2 6
Utility Functions
26-2 Compatibility
Compatibility 26
This section describes the changes to the utility functions for Newton System
Software 2.0.
New Functions 26
The following new functions have been added for this release.
New Object System Functions 26
The following new object system functions have been added.
GetFunctionArgCount
IsCharacter
IsFunction
IsInteger
IsNumber
IsReadOnly (existed in 1.0 but now documented)
IsReal
IsString
IsSubclass (existed in 1.0 but now documented)
IsSymbol
MakeBinary
SetVariable
SymbolCompareLex
Table 26-1 Summary of copying functions
Function name Recurs
Follows
magic pointers Ensures object
is internal Copies
object
Clone — — — yes
DeepClone yes yes — yes
EnsureInternal yes — yes as needed
TotalClone yes — yes yes