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class method

Ractor.make_shareable

[T] (T obj, ?copy: ::boolish) -> T
Ractor.make_shareable(obj, copy: false) → shareable_obj

Makes obj shareable between ractors.

obj and all the objects it refers to will be frozen, unless they are already shareable.

If copy keyword is true, it will copy objects before freezing them, and will not modify obj or its internal objects.

Note that the specification and implementation of this method are not mature and may be changed in the future.

Example
obj = ['test']
Ractor.shareable?(obj)     #=> false
Ractor.make_shareable(obj) #=> ["test"]
Ractor.shareable?(obj)     #=> true
obj.frozen?                #=> true
obj[0].frozen?             #=> true

# Copy vs non-copy versions:
obj1 = ['test']
obj1s = Ractor.make_shareable(obj1)
obj1.frozen?                        #=> true
obj1s.object_id == obj1.object_id   #=> true
obj2 = ['test']
obj2s = Ractor.make_shareable(obj2, copy: true)
obj2.frozen?                        #=> false
obj2s.frozen?                       #=> true
obj2s.object_id == obj2.object_id   #=> false
obj2s[0].object_id == obj2[0].object_id #=> false

See also the “Shareable and unshareable objects” section in the Ractor class docs.

See also .main? .new .main .receive also in 4.1 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0