Does `.sliceArray()` create a new array coping the original array or does it just keep a reference t...

# getting-started

[Alan Lee]

Does .sliceArray() create a new array coping the original array or does it just keep a reference to it? That info is difficult to find.
Also anyone know where I can find the actual source code for the implementation?
Thanks.

[ephemient]

the source should be linked in intellij, but you can also see it at https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/blob/master/libraries/stdlib/common/src/generated/_Arrays.kt

[ephemient]

and it's always a copy. arrays are nearly-primitive objects that don't have any mechanism for sharing slices of themselves

[Alan Lee]

@ephemient Thanks a lot.