From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2008-04-10T21:08:39+09:00
Subject: Re: global array of hashes

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 6:57 AM, Mario Ruiz <mario@betware.com> wrote:
> But not in this case:
>
>  $globvar=Array.new()
>  myHash=Hash.new()
>  myHash["oneValue"]="mygenericvalue"
>  $globvar[0]=myHash
>
>  localvar=$globvar.dup
>
>  localvar[0]["oneValue"]="mylocalvalue"
>
>  puts $globvar

In this case, you create a new array that holds the same Hash object.
You have to dup the Hash as well.

hth,
Todd