Str1 = str2 is not a copy?!?

ruby-talk
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> The thing to wrap your head around here is that 'slots' in
an Array, and
> the values in Hash objects, are very much like variables.
They point to
> values, they do not contain them.

Of course. I'm just pointing out how this could be confusing to
someone who is new to ruby. Same sort of thing with the other thread
floating around about mutator methods.

Yup. To be clear, my response was not an attempt to 'correct' you, but
rather to help form a good mental model for anyone who might not be
clear what was going on in your example.

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From: Louis J Scoras [mailto:louis.j.scoras@gmail.com]

On 11/2/06, Gavin Kistner <gavin.kistner@anark.com> wrote:

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Absolutely. Your explanation was excellent, as always. What I meant
was, although it may seem quirky at first, eventually the realization
comes that it's better this way.

One only has to try out writing some C code for a while to see what
they're missing =)

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On 11/2/06, Gavin Kistner <gavin.kistner@anark.com> wrote:

Yup. To be clear, my response was not an attempt to 'correct' you, but
rather to help form a good mental model for anyone who might not be
clear what was going on in your example.

--
Lou.