From: Robert Klemme Date: 2008-12-28T21:14:50+09:00 Subject: Re: New to Ruby: copying arrays? On 28.12.2008 13:02, Dave Bass wrote: > Stefano Crocco wrote: >> b = Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(a)) > > A clever compiler would optimise that to > > b = a That would be a broken compiler. robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end