Bug #4699: Arrays - affectation

• Status: Rejected
• Priority: Normal
• Assignee: -
• Target version: Ruby 1.8.7
• ruby -v: ruby 1.8.7 (2010-01-10 patchlevel 249) [i486-linux]

[scicasoft (Cheikh Sidya CAMARA)]

a = [1,2,3]
b = a
b[1] = 10

the content of a : [1, 10, 3]

why the variables a and b point on the same space ?

a.object_id = b.boject_id

[rue (Eero Saynatkari)]

This is a feature, not a bug.

[sorah (Sorah Fukumori)]

• Status changed from Open to Rejected

If a.object_id == b.object_id, this is a feature.

If a.object_id != b.object_id, this is a bug.