From: Matthew Smillie <M.B.Smillie@...>
Date: 2006-06-20T23:25:54+09:00
Subject: Re: uniq() Oddity

On Jun 20, 2006, at 15:17, James Edward Gray II wrote:

>   a = [ { :foo => :bar }, { :foo => :bar } ]
>
>   p a            #=> [{:foo=>:bar}, {:foo=>:bar}]
>   p a[0] == a[1] #=> true
>   # why does this next call do nothing?
>   p a.uniq       #=> [{:foo=>:bar}, {:foo=>:bar}]

Seems to compare on object id, rather than with ==.  I couldn't  
speculate on any more significant answer to 'why?'

a[0].id == a[1].id
=> true

b = [a[0], a[0]]
b.uniq
=> [{:foo=>:bar}]


matthew smillie.