From: Andrew Walrond <andrew@...>
Date: 2005-05-05T19:41:02+09:00
Subject: Help! what is going on here?

$ cat test.rb
 a = {{"hdparm"=>{"version"=>"5.8"}}=>"uri"}
 puts("A.inspect       " + a.inspect)

 key = {'hdparm'=>{'version'=>'5.8'}}
 puts("KEY.inspect     " + key.inspect)

 puts("a[key].inspect  " + a[key].inspect)

 # For some reason it works after doing this:
 a.each {|key,uri| puts("sprinkle magic dust...") }

 puts("a[key].inspect  " + a[key].inspect)

$ ruby test.rb
 A.inspect       {{"hdparm"=>{"version"=>"5.8"}}=>"uri"}
 KEY.inspect     {"hdparm"=>{"version"=>"5.8"}}
 a[key].inspect  nil
 sprinkle magic dust...
 a[key].inspect  "uri"

$ ruby --version
ruby 1.8.2 (2004-11-27) [i686-linux]

I'm going for a coffee!

Andrew Walrond