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class Object
  def deep_clone
    clone = self.clone
    instance_variables.each do |name|
      value = instance_variable_get name
      clone.instance_variable_set name, value.deep_clone
    end
    clone
  end
end

Hash.class_eval do
  def deep_clone
    clone = super
    clone.clear
    each{|k, v| clone[k.deep_clone] = v.deep_clone}
    clone
  end
end

OpenObject.class_eval do
  def deep_clone
    clone = super
    clone.clear
    each{|k, v| clone[k.deep_clone] = v.deep_clone}
    clone
  end
end

Struct.class_eval do    
  def deep_clone
    clone = super
    clone.clear    
    each_pair{|k, v| clone[k.deep_clone] = v.deep_clone}
    clone
  end
end

Array.class_eval do
  def deep_clone
    clone = super
    clone.clear
    each{|v| clone << v.deep_clone}
    clone
  end
end

[Class, Proc].each do |klass|
  klass.class_eval do
    def deep_clone
      self
    end
  end
end

[Symbol, TrueClass, FalseClass, Numeric, TrueClass, FalseClass, NilClass].each do |klass|
  klass.send :alias_method, :clone, :self
end

[String, Symbol, Range, Regexp, Time, Date].each do |klass|
  klass.send :alias_method, :deep_clone, :clone
end

Version data entries

8 entries across 8 versions & 2 rubygems

Version	Path
ruby_ext-0.4.11	lib/ruby_ext/deep_clone.rb
ruby_ext-0.4.10	lib/ruby_ext/deep_clone.rb
ruby_ext-0.4.9	lib/ruby_ext/deep_clone.rb
ruby_ext-0.4.7	lib/ruby_ext/deep_clone.rb
ruby_ext-0.4.6	lib/ruby_ext/deep_clone.rb
ruby-ext-0.4.6	lib/ruby_ext/deep_clone.rb
ruby-ext-0.4.4	lib/ruby_ext/deep_clone.rb
ruby-ext-0.4.3	lib/ruby_ext/deep_clone.rb