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 		end
 	end
+end
+-- Makes a deep copy of a table or otherwise object.
+-- Yoinked from http://lua-users.org/wiki/CopyTable
+function p.deepcopy(orig)
+    local copy
+    if type(orig) == 'table' then
+        copy = {}
+        for orig_key, orig_value in next, orig, nil do
+            copy[deepcopy(orig_key)] = deepcopy(orig_value)
+        end
+        setmetatable(copy, deepcopy(getmetatable(orig)))
+    else -- number, string, boolean, etc
+        copy = orig
+    end
+    return copy
 end