From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2008-06-25T05:43:36+09:00
Subject: Problem with Array#delete ?

Hi all,

In messing around with Array#delete I think I've uncovered a problem.
Consider this example:

class Foo
   def ==(other)
      $array.clear
      false
   end
end

arr = [1, 2, 3]
arr << Foo.new
Arr << 'b'

$array = arr

arr.delete('a')

p arr    # => []
p $array # => []

That's what I would expect. It did the comparison, and called the
Foo#== method, which in turn cleared the receiver.

But if you do this instead:

arr.delete(1)

You end up with:

[nil, nil, #<Foo:0x2865ff4>]
[nil, nil, #<Foo:0x2865ff4>]

What's happening?

Thanks,

Dan