[RESOLVED] Private lines As New List(Of Line)

[treddie]

vb.net is SOOOOOOO annoying.

I am drawing a list of lines to a control. So, I declare:

  Private Lines As New List(Of Line)
  Private CopyOfLines as New List(Of Line)

In code, I have a custom Class called "Line".

I am wanting to reuse the list called "Lines" so I can start a new list while retaining the old list. So I copy it's contents to "CopyOfLines", then clear the contents of "Lines":

CopyOfLines = Lines
Lines.Clear

Problem is the contents of CopyOfLines ALSO gets cleared! Is there no way to break the connection of "CopyOfLines" to "Lines"? This seems so unnecessary. After all, if I say:

a=10
b=a
a=0

Then (b) will still = 10 while (a) = 0.

Why does vb.NET have to break such simple logic and turn it into a gargantuan issue? I wouldn't mind it as much if the MSDN library would make it possible to find references to "List (Of whatever)", but all I get are references to text in a textbox. It seems that every time I go to the MSDN, I get a convoluted, runaround explanation or simply no documentation of something someone has done in their own code? Where did THEY find the information?

(Now I know why only 19% of vb6 users went to vb.NET.)