From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-09-05T05:58:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Hashes and ordering

Oops... thought you sent that one just to me. Got the cc first.

I'll reply to the list also:


Ara.T.Howard@noaa.gov wrote:

 >   require 'arrayfields'

Hi, Ara... yes, I know about arrayfields and have played with it.
I like it.

However, I really like the "=>" notation, and I want something
fairly fundamental to the language.

 > i think the literal syntax is pretty clear:

It's clear, yes, but it's not convenient (to me).
I really prefer {x=>y} or the new {x:y}.


Hal