From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-11-30T23:52:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Friend class/inner class


"Dan Janowski" <danj@3skel.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:2CE9ECD8-4254-11D9-AF7F-00039357B54C@3skel.com...
> What I am looking for is very similar to a clone. However, instead of
> the instance variables referring to the same objects, the variables use
> the same reference storage.

That's not possible in Ruby.  Whatever you do, you end up with two
different references to an object.  You cannot alias the references so
that if a.a changes then copy_of_a.a changes, too.  Ruby != C++.

Personally I like it the way it is because otherwise side effects will be
very hard to track and debug.

If you describe the problem you are solving, then maybe we can come up
with a suggestion how to do it the Ruby Way(TM).

Kind regards

    robert