From: MenTaLguY <mental@...>
Date: 2006-02-23T14:40:25+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] lazy.rb 0.9.5 -- transparent futures!

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On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 10:14 +0900, Daniel Nugent wrote:
> table_name =3D "CUSTOMERS"
> x =3D promise {table_name.dup}
> table_name =3D "MONKEYS"
> puts x
> =3D>"CUSTOMERS"
>=20
> Would avoid the problem.

Actually, no.  String#dup wouldn't get called until the promise was
demanded, by which time table_name refers to a different string.

-mental

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