From: Ben Tilly <ben_tilly@...>
Date: 2001-02-26T12:08:23+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:11559] Re: Array bugs?

You know, some days it is better to not try to
write code...?  This should work, but for the
wrong reason...

"Ben Tilly" <ben_tilly@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>"Ben Tilly" <ben_tilly@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>"Christoph Rippel" <crippel@primenet.com>  wrote:
[...]
>
>    class Array
>      @@other_id = nil
>      @@other_seen = nil
>
>      def == (other)
>        if @@other_id.nil?
>          begin
>            @@other_id = Hash.new( nil )
>            @@other_seen = Hash.new( false )
>            return self == other
>          ensure
>            @other_id = nil

Here you should set @@other_seen to nil.

It actually works as it stands because you
wipe it out anyways, but that is ugly...

>          end
>        else
[...]

Cheers,
Ben
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