Why doesn't console.log() take a snapshot of the passed variables?

Question

I\'ve ran into some really weird behavior with javascript today. I think I got it somehow figured out now, but I\'d like to know if what I think is going on is really happen

Answer 1

I've also seen this behavior and it sure looks like a reference is posted. To get around this I used the clone() method in jQuery on the things I wanted to log.