From: Tim Hunter Date: 2006-08-22T03:10:15+09:00 Subject: Re: Why Does Hash Apparently Reorder Its Internal Representation And Other Associated Ponderings Just Another Victim of the Ambient Morality wrote: > Is there a reason why you don't simply inheret from Hash, or is this > just another one of those There's More Than One Way To Do It scenarios? "Favor composition over inheritance" - Design Patterns http://www.artima.com/lejava/articles/designprinciples4.html