From: "Marcel Molina Jr." <marcel@...>
Date: 2005-06-26T01:25:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Hash hidden in hash with default object

On Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 12:53:59AM +0900, Marcel Molina Jr. wrote:
> I observed this odd behavior when setting a hash to have as its default
> value another hash which itself has a default value set:
> 
> >> hash_in_hash = Hash.new(Hash.new([]))
> => {}
> >> hash_in_hash[:a][:b] << :incognito
> => [:incognito]
> >> hash_in_hash
> => {}
> >> hash_in_hash[:a]
> => {}
> >> hash_in_hash.keys
> => []
> >> hash_in_hash[:a][:b]
> => [:incognito]
> >> hash_in_hash[:a].keys
> => []

Responding to myself...

To achieve the desired result in this case I should be using the block form.

Thanks for taking a look. I'll figure this out...

marcel
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Marcel Molina Jr. <marcel@vernix.org>