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Make a copy of an object in ruby
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deep_copy.rb
def deep_copy(obj)
# from: http://stackoverflow.com/a/8206537
# serializes the object, then unserializes it to make a duplicate
return Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(obj))
end
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