From: "David A. Black" Date: 2005-11-23T10:34:17+09:00 Subject: Re: what is the ruby way to do this? Hi -- On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Jeff Wood wrote: > I would do > > a = Hash.new { || [] } I believe that's the first empty || I've ever seen. It's awfully confusing (my first reaction was: *what* or an empty array? :-) I'd strongly encourage you to eschew that construct. It's deservedly unheard of :-) David -- David A. Black dblack@wobblini.net