From: nobu.nokada@... Date: 2004-08-19T00:48:28+09:00 Subject: Re: Hashing across different types Hi, At Thu, 19 Aug 2004 00:33:55 +0900, Nate Smith wrote in [ruby-talk:109688]: > a.name = "Bob" h["Bob"] = "foo" print "Value: " + h[a].to_s + "\n" works as you expect. Note that String#eql? checks if classes are same, therefore this doesn't work. h[a] = "foo" print "Value: " + h["Bob"].to_s + "\n" -- Nobu Nakada