From the books: Exceptions to Ruby’s standard variable assignment by reference behavior
September 28th, 2009
The un-reference: immediate values
Some objects in Ruby are stored in variables as immediate values. These include integers, symbols (which look like :this), and the special objects true, false and nil. When you assign one of these values to a variable (x = 1), the variable holds the value itself, rather than a reference to it
– From page 54 of The Well Grounded Rubyist by Robert Black
Filed under Things I did not know about Ruby

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