How to create a deep copy of an object in Ruby?

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Deep copy isn’t built into vanilla Ruby, but you can hack it by marshalling and unmarshalling the object:

Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(@object))

This isn’t perfect though, and won’t work for all objects. A more robust method:

class Object
  def deep_clone
    return @deep_cloning_obj if @deep_cloning
    @deep_cloning_obj = clone
    @deep_cloning_obj.instance_variables.each do |var|
      val = @deep_cloning_obj.instance_variable_get(var)
      begin
        @deep_cloning = true
        val = val.deep_clone
      rescue TypeError
        next
      ensure
        @deep_cloning = false
      end
      @deep_cloning_obj.instance_variable_set(var, val)
    end
    deep_cloning_obj = @deep_cloning_obj
    @deep_cloning_obj = nil
    deep_cloning_obj
  end
end

Source:

http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-list/43424

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