From: Austin Ziegler <Austin.Ziegler@...>
Date: 2004-06-08T02:09:42+09:00
Subject: Re: How to ducktype a Hash?

Sean O'Dell [mailto:sean@celsoft.com] :
> On Monday 07 June 2004 07:40, Austin Ziegler wrote:
>> Sean O'Dell [mailto:sean@celsoft.com]:
>>> On Sunday 06 June 2004 05:38, Kristof Bastiaensen wrote:
>>>> Hm, just an idea, but perhaps is tagging not such an ugly
>>>> solution? You could create a dummy module Hashlike, include it
>>>> in your hashlike classes, and test with obj.is_a? Hashlike or
>>>> obj.is_a? Hash
>>> It's a decent solution, I think. My only complaint is that I
>>> have to hack it in, instead of the solution being something Ruby
>>> does automatically for all classes.
>> Then perhaps the way that you're looking at the solution isn't
>> sufficiently "Ruby."
> Or perhaps it's very Ruby and you don't realize it.

Could be. Your description of the problem/solution space suggests
otherwise. This could be a problem with your description, rather
than your solution, though.

-austin
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