From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2005-11-09T00:44:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Object#clone missing documentation

>>   *  the discussion under <code>Object#clone</code>. In general,
>>   *  <code>clone</code> and <code>dup</code> may have different semantics
>>   *  in descendent classes. While <code>clone</code> is used to duplicate
>> - *  an object, including its internal state, <code>dup</code> typically
>> - *  uses the class of the descendent object to create the new instance.
>> + *  an object, including its internal state (and any singleton methods),
>> + *  <code>dup</code> typically uses the class of the descendent object to
>> + *  create the new instance.

> Mm, not quite sure that is clear enough.. if you want to draw a direct
> parallel to #dup, perhaps something like

> "While both #dup and #clone duplicate the content of an object, #clone actually
> does more by duplicating the object's entire state including singleton methods,
> taintedness and whether the object is frozen."

The text should be tighter than that.

+ *  an object, including the entire internal state (including singleton
+ *  methods, taintedness, and frozenness). By contrast,
+ *  <code>dup</code> typically uses the class of the descendent object
+ *  to create the new instance.

-austin