should copy(missing) be defined as missing? I have an array of objects that are either there or missing. I’d like to write copy.(data), but copy(missing) is undefined. Is there a simple reason why this is not defined

Copy of missing

Tamas_Papp May 5, 2020, 3:49pm 2

Generally copy is only defined for container-like objects (that have some structure).

Why not just copy or deepcopy the array?

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