From: Anurag Priyam <anurag08priyam@...>
Date: 2011-02-24T14:40:33+09:00
Subject: Re: a, b = Array.new(2).map!{|x| data.dup}

> ok, try also something like,
>
>  a,b,c,d,e =[x.dup]*5

That will cause a, b, c, d, e to point to the same objects, which
might result in an unexpected side effect.

x = "foo"
a, b, c, d, e = [x.dup] * 5
puts a #=> "foo"
b << " bar"
puts a #=> "foo bar"

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