fix: elbow grease the copy mechanism to fix The Bug®

models/poll_deliberator.go

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (deli *PollNaiveDeliberator) Deliberate(poll *Poll) (_ *PollResult, err err
 		if 0 < missing {
 			candidateTally.JudgmentsAmount = pollTally.MaxJudgmentsAmount
 			candidateTally.Grades[0].Amount += missing
-			//println("Added the lost judgments", missing)
+			//println("Added the missing TO REJECT judgments", missing)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ func (deli *PollNaiveDeliberator) Deliberate(poll *Poll) (_ *PollResult, err err
 			Grades:          gradesProfile,
 			JudgmentsAmount: candidateTally.JudgmentsAmount,
 			//JudgmentsAmount: (6+1)*3,
-			//HalfJudgmentsAmount: candidateTally.JudgmentsAmount / 2,
 			CreatedUnix: creationTime,
 		}
 
@@ -116,11 +115,9 @@ func (deli *PollNaiveDeliberator) Deliberate(poll *Poll) (_ *PollResult, err err
 func (deli *PollNaiveDeliberator) GetScore(pct *PollCandidateTally) (_ string) {
 	score := ""
 
-	ct := *pct // looks like it's a copy of the primitives at least
+	ct := pct.Copy()
 
 	for _, _ = range pct.Poll.GetGradationList() {
-		//for _, _ = range pct.Poll.GetGrades() {
-
 		medianGrade := ct.GetMedian()
 		score += fmt.Sprintf("%03d", medianGrade)
 

models/poll_tally.go

@@ -36,6 +36,26 @@ type PollCandidateTally struct {
 	CreatedUnix     timeutil.TimeStamp
 }
 
+func (pct *PollCandidateTally) Copy() (_ *PollCandidateTally) {
+
+	grades := make([]*PollCandidateGradeTally, 0, 8)
+	for _, grade := range pct.Grades {
+		grades = append(grades, &PollCandidateGradeTally{
+			Grade:       grade.Grade,
+			Amount:      grade.Amount,
+			CreatedUnix: grade.CreatedUnix,
+		})
+	}
+
+	return &PollCandidateTally{
+		Poll:            pct.Poll,
+		CandidateID:     pct.CandidateID,
+		Grades:          grades,
+		JudgmentsAmount: pct.JudgmentsAmount,
+		CreatedUnix:     pct.CreatedUnix,
+	}
+}
+
 func (pct *PollCandidateTally) GetMedian() (_ uint8) {
 
 	if 0 == pct.JudgmentsAmount {
@@ -93,7 +113,6 @@ func (pct *PollCandidateTally) GetBiggestGroup(aroundGrade uint8) (groupSize int
 		return aboveGroupSize, aboveGroupSign, aboveGroupGrade
 	}
 	return belowGroupSize, belowGroupSign, belowGroupGrade
-
 }
 
 func (pct *PollCandidateTally) RegradeJudgments(fromGrade uint8, toGrade uint8) {
@@ -118,13 +137,6 @@ type PollTally struct {
 	CreatedUnix        timeutil.TimeStamp
 }
 
-//// PollCandidateGrades implements sort.Interface based on the Score field.
-//type PollCandidateGrades []*PollCandidateGradeTally
-//
-//func (a PollCandidateGrades) Len() int           { return len(a) }
-//func (a PollCandidateGrades) Less(i, j int) bool { return a[i].Score < a[j].Score }
-//func (a PollCandidateGrades) Swap(i, j int)      { a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] }
-
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