I seem to be getting negative values for object_id for some objects. Is this correct? If so, when is a ruby object’s object_id negative?
I seem to be getting negative values for object_id for some objects. Is this
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I seem to be getting negative values for object_id for some objects. Is this correct? If so, when is a ruby object’s object_id negative?
https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/ruby_1_9_3/gc.c#L3171 should answer your question in full, technical detail, but ultimately because the object pointer is modified in a variety of ways, then returned as a signed integer.