Deep copy requirements in Gem::Specification
and Gem::Requirement
#7439
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What was the end-user or developer problem that led to this PR?
While drafting rake-compiler/rake-compiler#236, I needed to modify the
required_rubygems_version
of aGem::Specification
that was a copy of the original.While doing so, I discovered two things:
required_rubygems_version
of aGem::Specification
copy also mutates the original'sGem::Requirements
copy also mutates the original'sThat is:
and
This was confusing and led to more complex code and tests.
What is your fix for the problem, implemented in this PR?
This PR implements what I believe to be the common-sense behavior of "copy" for these classes to avoid accidental mutation of the originals:
Gem::Requirement
attributes of aGem::Specification
@requirements
attribute of aGem::Requirement
With this new behavior, my use case described above can be solved by:
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