From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2007-01-08T09:48:03+09:00
Subject: Re: a most undangerous Hash#store!


Daniel Schierbeck wrote:

> Is there really a need for such a method? Why not simply:
>
>   hsh[:key] ||= "value"

This isn't quite the same becasue it looks to see if tha value is nil
or false, not if the key is there or not.

> or, if you have a default value on your hash:
>
>   hsh[:key] = "value" unless hsh.has_key? :key

Yes, certianly. nad that woul dbe fine if I were just needing here and
ther, but I have need for using it quite often.

> I'm positive you've thought about this, but I cannot find a reason why
> such a method should be necessary.

HTH,
T.