ignorance: customizable immutables?

Raoul Duke <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.scala
Message-ID <CAJ7XQb44cpZzjUcbRGPohUPBq+JvaFVRH7axUN_wpGeizMRXVw@mail.gmail.com>
>   List(new A, new A{ override def foo = "different" }).map(x.asCapitalA)
> If `asCapitalA` has mutating side-effects, you retain the distinct `foo`
> behavior.  If, in contrast, it creates a new immutable A, your unique `foo`
> behavior is lost.

Are there any approaches people like to use to get immutables that
respect whatever customization has been done -- some way to assemble
components and then still be able to frob() them and get a new
immutable copy that retains the customizations? Concisely, robustly? I
mean in any programming language.

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