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Serializing Data With Marshal
CodeExpectedActual
Marshal.dump(10)
 "\004\010i\017" "\004\010i\017" 
Marshal.dump('ten')
 "\004\010\"\010ten" "\004\010\"\010ten" 
Marshal.dump('10')
 "\004\010\"\a10" "\004\010\"\a10" 
Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(%w{Brush up your Shakespeare}))
 ["Brush", "up", "your", "Shakespeare"] ["Brush", "up", "your", "Shakespeare"] 
require 'set'
Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(Set.new([1, 2, 3])))
 #<Set: {1, 2, 3}> #<Set: {1, 2, 3}> 
Marshal.dump(Set)
 "\004\010c\010Set" "\004\010c\010Set" 
open('output', 'w') { |f| Marshal.dump(f) }
 
TypeError: can't dump File
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TypeError: can't dump File
	from (irb):8:in `dump'
	from (irb):8
	from (irb):8