From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2004-11-16T21:12:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Fixnum#clone and Float#clone raise different exceptions

Hi --

Just replying to myself, in the hope of triggering response from Matz
and others....  This glitch is actually looming fairly large in
ActiveRecord's clone facility, which stumbles on Floats. 


On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, David A. Black wrote:

> Hi --
> 
> Compare:
> 
> irb(main):001:0> 3.clone
> TypeError: can't clone Fixnum
>         from (irb):1:in `clone'
>         from (irb):1
> 
> with:
> 
> irb(main):002:0> 3.3.clone
> NoMethodError: allocator undefined for Float
>         from (irb):2:in `clone'
>         from (irb):2
> 
> Just wondering if these could be made the same.
> 
> 
> David
> 
> 

-- 
David A. Black
dblack@wobblini.net