#-- # Most objects are cloneable, but not all. For example you can't dup +nil+: # # nil.dup # => TypeError: can't dup NilClass # # Classes may signal their instances are not duplicable removing +dup+/+clone+ # or raising exceptions from them. So, to dup an arbitrary object you normally # use an optimistic approach and are ready to catch an exception, say: # # arbitrary_object.dup rescue object # # Rails dups objects in a few critical spots where they are not that arbitrary. # That rescue is very expensive (like 40 times slower than a predicate), and it # is often triggered. # # That's why we hardcode the following cases and check duplicable? instead of # using that rescue idiom. #++ class Object # Can you safely dup this object? # # False for +nil+, +false+, +true+, symbol, number objects; # true otherwise. def duplicable? true end end class NilClass # +nil+ is not duplicable: # # nil.duplicable? # => false # nil.dup # => TypeError: can't dup NilClass def duplicable? false end end class FalseClass # +false+ is not duplicable: # # false.duplicable? # => false # false.dup # => TypeError: can't dup FalseClass def duplicable? false end end class TrueClass # +true+ is not duplicable: # # true.duplicable? # => false # true.dup # => TypeError: can't dup TrueClass def duplicable? false end end class Symbol # Symbols are not duplicable: # # :my_symbol.duplicable? # => false # :my_symbol.dup # => TypeError: can't dup Symbol def duplicable? false end end class Numeric # Numbers are not duplicable: # # 3.duplicable? # => false # 3.dup # => TypeError: can't dup Fixnum def duplicable? false end end require 'bigdecimal' class BigDecimal def duplicable? true end end class Method # Methods are not duplicable: # # method(:puts).duplicable? # => false # method(:puts).dup # => TypeError: allocator undefined for Method def duplicable? false end end