From: Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...>
Date: 2011-02-24T16:44:01+09:00
Subject: Re: a, b = Array.new(2).map!{|x| data.dup}

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On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:11 AM, botp <botpena@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Anurag Priyam <anurag08priyam@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> 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,
>
> indeed. but they will not point to or clobber x
>
>
Well, then you could just do
a = b = c = d = e = x.dup

No need for parallel assignment tricks if you are okay with them pointing to
the same object.

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