From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2008-07-04T10:17:56+09:00
Subject: Re: How to duplicate elements in array?

Hi --

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008, phlip wrote:

>>> a2 = a.dup + a.clone
>> 
>> That gives the same result as his example.
>
> Indeed - it only cloned the top level of a, which is an array. The rest 
> remained a linked-too object.
>
> How to deep clone?

The most common idiom for deep copying is:

   copy = Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(original))


David

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