From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2007-01-12T11:15:08+09:00
Subject: Re: a most undangerous Hash#store!


Mauricio Fernandez wrote:

> Yes, that's the idea ("more regular behavior"), but as Robert said, a
> predicate method with side-effects seems _very_ dangerous (yes, store!? would
> be more accurate :).
>
> So it might make sense to name it e.g. #store_once, with the above
> semantics. Returning the value that was passed to the method makes little
> sense: it doesn't provide any information we didn't have to being with.

i agree. i will use that semantic but with a different name. after
further consideration I thought of:

  insert(key,value)

i think its apt. argree?

t.