Clones an object

clone.cs

// Clone current object
function SimObject::clone(%this, %name)
{
	%this = %this.getID();
	%oldName = %this.getName();
	%name = %name !$= "" ? %name : %oldName;
	%this.setName(__CLONE_OBJECT__);
	%obj = new (%this.getClassName())(%name : __CLONE_OBJECT__);
	%this.setName(%oldName);
	return %obj;
}

function SimObject::clone(%object)
{
    %name = %object.getName();
    %object = %object.getID(); // Needed to support `name.clone()`
    %object.setName("__CLONE_OBJECT__");
    %clone = new (%object.getClassName())(%name : __CLONE_OBJECT__);
    %object.setName(%name);
    return %clone;
}

Avoid eval at all costs :)

I had no idea that you could do it like that. I also was not aware that the first variable could send in the name as well. That is indeed interesting and useful. I will modify mine according to your directions.

Edit: I also made it cleaner and added so you can change the name of the object at the same time.