# File lib/glue/property.rb, line 104
        def self.copy_props(src, dest)
                src.__props.each do |p|
                        add_prop(dest, p)
                end
                
                # copy the metadata.
                src.__meta.each do |k, val|
                        dest.__meta[k] = val.dup
                        # val.each { |v| dest.meta(k, v) } if val
                end
        end