From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2007-09-06T11:06:14+09:00
Subject: Re: assigning to hash keys when there is a default value?

dBlack wrote:
>It's really always h[k] = h.default -- it's just that the default
>default, so to speak, is nil.

arggh, yes. 
i guess my mind was too focused on x=x

irb(main):027:0> zz
NameError: undefined local variable or method `zz' for main:Object
        from (irb):27
irb(main):028:0> zz=zz
=> nil

kind regards -botp