From: dblack@...
Date: 2007-01-08T10:59:04+09:00
Subject: Re: a most undangerous Hash#store!

Hi --

On Mon, 8 Jan 2007, Florian Gross wrote:

> On 2007-01-08 02:00:10 +0100, dblack@wobblini.net said:
>
>> hsh[:key] = "value" unless hsh.has_key? :key
>> You can use merge and a one-key hash:
>>
>>    hash.merge({ :key => "new value" })
>
> Hm, not really:
>
> { :key => "old value" }.merge({ :key => "new value" }) # => {:key=>"new 
> value"}

True -- that's a bit of a deal-breaker :-)


David

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