From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2006-12-27T04:22:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Hash with two identical keys?


Trans wrote:
> thanks Ara and Jon,
>
> I see what your saying. I was using #== not #eql? in comparing the
> keys. So I see why it's faling now. How do I get aorund this? I'm
> caching object based on therr initialization paramaters, which has to
> be an array. Is there a simpler way or do I have to do something like:
>
>   class Parameters < Array
>     alias :eql? :==
>   end

Ugh. Nothing like that works either. It's not using eql? or equal?, but
rather #hash (I guess that's actually what you were trying to say Ara).
This doen't make any sense to me. Why do identical strings and arrays
have the same #hash value but not hashes?

T.