From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2012-09-18T22:16:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Bug or feature

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Hans Mackowiak <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> when you only have a flat array, you could do:
> b = a.map(&:clone)
>
> but beware, some objects like fixnumbers dont want to be cloned

Well, you can do

b = a.map {|x| x.clone rescue x}

But that is still not a deep copy - unless types of objects in a
implement deep copy in their #clone method.

Kind regards

robert


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