function deepCopy(p, c) {

    var c = c || {};

    for (var i in p) {

      if (typeof p[i] === 'object') {

        c[i] = (p[i].constructor === Array) ? [] : {};

        deepCopy(p[i], c[i]);

      } else {

         c[i] = p[i];

      }
    }

    return c;
  }