Lodash .clone and .cloneDeep behaviors

Question

I try to clone an array of objects with nested objects.

Something like:

var data = [
    { id: 1, values: { a: \'a\', b: \'b\' } },
    { id: 2, valu         


        

Answer 1

Thanks to Gruff Bunny and Louis' comments, I found the source of the issue.

As I use Backbone.js too, I loaded a special build of Lodash compatible with Backbone and Underscore that disables some features. In this example:

var clone = _.clone(data, true);

data[1].values.d = 'x';

• with the Normal build: _.isEqual(data, clone) === false
• with the Underscore build: _.isEqual(data, clone) === true

I just replaced the Underscore build with the Normal build in my Backbone application and the application is still working. So I can now use the Lodash .clone with the expected behaviour.

Edit 2018: the Underscore build doesn't seem to exist anymore. If you are reading this in 2018, you could be interested by this documentation (Backbone and Lodash).