From: mental@... Date: 2005-11-05T01:40:20+09:00 Subject: Re: What about {:a => "a", :b => "b"} argument Quoting Nicolas Rassat : > Ahem... Looks it works > > But it's almost 50% more times of computing. So why don't use the > :@a > syntax (yes in this case it's 50% more times writing... ;-) Well, it could be argued against on the grounds that using :@a exposes internal implementation details. -mental