From: Phrogz <phrogz@...>
Date: 2008-02-12T23:34:59+09:00
Subject: Re: nested hash from array of paths

On Feb 12, 7:12 am, Robert Klemme <shortcut...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Full credits go to you for this line alone:
>
> auto_hash = Hash.new{ |h,k| h[k] = Hash.new &h.default_proc }
>
> Never occurred to me to use this nice one line approach instead of the
> usual two line version (first create block then use it).  Thanks a
> lot, this is really a gem!

I wish I could claim those credits. I had always used the two-line
version two until Jens Wille posted this gem in [ruby-talk:288946]

http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/288946