From: Xavier Noria <fxn@...>
Date: 2006-01-28T22:55:53+09:00
Subject: Re: a = b = new

On Jan 28, 2006, at 14:47, Alex Polite wrote:

> Hi there.
>
> I'm coming to ruby mainly from python background.
>
> in python
> a = b = range(10)
>
> will yields two names pointing to the same object
>
> but in ruby
>
> a = b = Range.new(0,9)
>
> will yield two two distinct objects.

See this session:

   irb(main):001:0> a = b = Range.new(0, 9)
   => 0..9
   irb(main):002:0> a.object_id
   => 1744024
   irb(main):003:0> b.object_id
   => 1744024

-- fxn