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class Object
  # Anything that can be marshaled can be copied in totality.
  # This is also commonly called a deep_copy.
  #
  #   require 'facet/object/copy'
  #
  #   "ABC".copy  #=> "ABC"
  #
  def copy
    Marshal::load(Marshal::dump(self))
  end
  alias_method( :deep_copy, :copy )
end  

Version data entries

4 entries across 4 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
facets-0.6.3	lib/facet/object/copy.rb
facets-0.7.0	lib/facet/object/copy.rb
facets-0.7.1	lib/facet/object/copy.rb
facets-0.7.2	lib/facet/object/copy.rb