[racket] using struct-copy with struct subtypes?

I ran into the same problem.  Since my structs are all #:prefab, I copy 
them like this:

(define (copy s)
   (read (open-input-string (with-output-to-string (lambda () (write s))))))

Probably not the best, but works for me.

Thanks,
Dave

On 11/17/2014 12:25 PM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote:
> Unfortunately, you can't really do this in a general way for structs.
>
> There are a couple possible solutions:
>   - use objects/classes and implement a `clone` or a `replace` method
>   - use generics, with a `clone` or `replace` generic function
>
> Sam
>
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Matthew Butterick <mb at mbtype.com> wrote:
>> This seems rudimentary, but I can't figure it out. `struct-copy` requires you to specify the id of the struct type, like so:
>>
>> (define copied-struct (struct-copy struct-type-id instance-of-struct))
>>
>> The docs for struct-copy say "subtypes can be copied as if they were supertypes, but the result is an instance of the supertype". [1]
>>
>> OK, but suppose I want the opposite behavior: I want to make a struct-copying function that accepts instances of a supertype or subtype, but outputs a struct that's the same type as the input instance (not the supertype).
>>
>> Possible? Or not possible with structs, because that's what objects & classes are for?
>>
>>
>> [1] http://docs.racket-lang.org/reference/struct-copy.html
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