DeepClone

Version

 1.2006.05.23 (change of the first number means Big Change)

Description

 Adds deep_clone method to an object which produces deep copy of it. It means
 if you clone a Hash, every nested items and their nested items will be cloned.
 Moreover deep_clone checks if the object is already cloned to prevent endless recursion.

Usage

 (see examples directory under the ruby gems root directory)

  require 'rubygems'
  require 'deep_clone'

  include DeepClone

  obj = []
  a = [ true, false, obj ]
  b = a.deep_clone
  obj.push( 'foo' )
  p obj   # >> [ 'foo' ]
  p b[2]  # >> []

Source

simplypowerful.1984.cz/goodlibs/1.2006.05.23

Author

 jan molic (/mig/at_sign/1984/dot/cz/)

Licence

 You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms of Ruby's license;
 either the dual license version in 2003, or any later version.