From: Tim Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2007-07-31T07:22:48+09:00
Subject: Re: array.include?

Gordon Thiesfeld wrote:
> On Jul 30, 11:17 am, Jeffrey Bowen <ja_bo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>   
>> if @status_array.include? @status_number
>> else
>>    @status_array << @status_number
>> end
>>     
>
> How about not checking at all?  Just put them all in there and then
> use @status_array.uniq! when necessary?  I'm not advocating this.
> Just curious what people think.
>
>
>   
If it was me, I'd just use a hash instead of an array, with 
@status_number as the key and anything (1, for example) as the value. 
Let the hash object figure out if @status_number is already a key. It'll 
be fast, and any time you need a list of status_numbers, just call 
hash.keys.

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