method

dup

Ruby latest stable (v2_5_5) - 0 notes - Class: Cloneable

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Method deprecated or moved

This method is deprecated or moved on the latest stable version. The last existing version (v1_9_3_392) is shown here.

These similar methods exist in v2_5_5:

Object#dup
Singleton#dup
Binding#dup
Proc#dup
BigDecimal#dup
Numeric#dup

dup() public

Clone an object by making a new object and setting all the instance variables to the same values.

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# File lib/rake/cloneable.rb, line 8
    def dup
      sibling = self.class.new
      instance_variables.each do |ivar|
        value = self.instance_variable_get(ivar)
        new_value = value.clone rescue value
        sibling.instance_variable_set(ivar, new_value)
      end
      sibling.taint if tainted?
      sibling
    end

dup

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