--- deliantra/server/common/object.C	2008/05/03 08:50:30	1.226
+++ deliantra/server/common/object.C	2008/05/03 09:04:17	1.227
@@ -605,33 +605,39 @@
   op->key_values = 0;
 }
 
-object &
-object::operator =(const object &src)
+/*
+ * copy_to first frees everything allocated by the dst object,
+ * and then copies the contents of itself into the second
+ * object, allocating what needs to be allocated.  Basically, any
+ * data that is malloc'd needs to be re-malloc/copied.  Otherwise,
+ * if the first object is freed, the pointers in the new object
+ * will point at garbage.
+ */
+void
+object::copy_to (object *dst)
 {
-  remove ();
-
-  *(object_copy *)this = src;
-
-  flag [FLAG_REMOVED] = true;
+  dst->remove ();
+  *(object_copy *)dst = *this;
+  dst->flag [FLAG_REMOVED] = true;
 
   /* Copy over key_values, if any. */
-  if (src.key_values)
+  if (key_values)
     {
       key_value *tail = 0;
-      key_values = 0;
+      dst->key_values = 0;
 
-      for (key_value *i = src.key_values; i; i = i->next)
+      for (key_value *i = key_values; i; i = i->next)
         {
           key_value *new_link = new key_value;
 
-          new_link->next = 0;
-          new_link->key = i->key;
+          new_link->next  = 0;
+          new_link->key   = i->key;
           new_link->value = i->value;
 
           /* Try and be clever here, too. */
-          if (!key_values)
+          if (!dst->key_values)
             {
-              key_values = new_link;
+              dst->key_values = new_link;
               tail = new_link;
             }
           else
@@ -641,20 +647,6 @@
             }
         }
     }
-}
-
-/*
- * copy_to first frees everything allocated by the dst object,
- * and then copies the contents of itself into the second
- * object, allocating what needs to be allocated.  Basically, any
- * data that is malloc'd needs to be re-malloc/copied.  Otherwise,
- * if the first object is freed, the pointers in the new object
- * will point at garbage.
- */
-void
-object::copy_to (object *dst)
-{
-  *dst = *this;
 
   if (speed < 0)
     dst->speed_left -= rndm ();