From: Sean O'Dell <sean@...>
Date: 2004-06-13T02:30:38+09:00
Subject: Re: How to ducktype a Hash?

On Saturday 12 June 2004 04:23, Rene van Bevern wrote:
> Sean O'Dell wrote:
> > So, how do I positively identify when an object is a hash or at least
> > behaves like a hash?
>
> Use the method #to_hash instead. All hash-like objects should be able to
> give a hash-representation of themselves.

Not necessarily.  A database abstraction might act like a hash, but wouldn't 
dump entire tables, which could contain tens of thousands of records, as one 
big Ruby hash.  That isn't positive identification.

	Sean O'Dell