From: "Ara.T.Howard" <Ara.T.Howard@...>
Date: 2005-10-12T23:31:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Hash as a class variable

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, OliverMarchand wrote:

> Hi ruby fans,
>
> I am a python2ruby switcher and just encountered this problem today
> with a class variable:
>
> ---
> class Testclass
>  @@myhash = Hash.new({"a"=>"aaaah"})

    @@myhash = { "a" => "aaaah" }
or
    @@myhash = Hash[ "a" => "aaaah" ]


this is what you wrote means:


   irb:~/eg/ruby > irb
   irb(main):001:0> h = Hash::new({ 'the default' => 'value' })
   => {}

   irb(main):002:0> h[42]
   => {"the default"=>"value"}

hth.

-a
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