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From 52d5bcc85b0cb1d8a86b471418818bcca27071a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Dempsey <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:25:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add in deep_clone method

---
 lib/extlib/object.rb |    7 +++++++
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/extlib/object.rb b/lib/extlib/object.rb
index 2414fe4..2dd985f 100644
--- a/lib/extlib/object.rb
+++ b/lib/extlib/object.rb
@@ -136,6 +136,13 @@ class Object
     self.dup
   end
   
+  # Performs a deep clone of an object
+  #
+  # @return <Object>
+  def deep_clone
+    Marshal::load(Marshal.dump(self))
+  end
+
   # @param arrayish<#include?> Container to check, to see if it includes the object.
   # @param *more<Array>:: additional args, will be flattened into arrayish
   #
-- 
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