Bug #800: Problem with Array class

• Status: Rejected
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -

[Francoys_Proulx (Francois Proulx)]

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If you test this simple program, you will see why array should be dup on assignment ...

a=1
b=1
c=[a,b]

def foo(x)
  x[0] +=1
  x[1] +=1
end

d = c
e = d
f = e

foo(f)

p c[0],c[1]

=end

[radarek (Radosław Bułat)]

=begin
No it shouldn't. Variables keeps references to objects, not objects itself. It is up to programmer if he wants to pass reference (as ruby do by default) or make clone (duplicate) of it.
=end

[matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)]

• Status changed from Open to Rejected

=begin
No, it shouldn't. It will destroy the object model of the language.
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