From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) Date: 2003-07-03T02:13:50+09:00 Subject: Re: Memory behavior of String#dup Hi, In message "Re: Memory behavior of String#dup" on 03/07/03, "Robert Klemme" writes: |> Your suggestion inspired me a new dup-freeze optimization. It'll be |> available soon on the CVS. Thank you. | |You're welcome! Do you mean a specialized dup method that returns self if |frozen like Yes. Also this specialized dup returns hidden shared string without making copy if it is available. matz.