From: "Iñaki Baz Castillo" <ibc@...>
Date: 2008-04-16T06:27:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Hash or bidimensional Array when key is case insensitive

El Martes, 15 de Abril de 2008, Stefan Rusterholz escribió:
> Iñaki Baz Castillo wrote:
> > And if I use a Hash I'll do the same:
> >
> >   method = params_hash.find { |param| param[0] =~ /^method$/i }[1]
>
> Use a hash and lowercase the keys. If you need to preserve the original
> casing, do that in the value, e.g. like this: {key.lowercase => [key,
> value], ...}

Ah ok, it's a good idea :)


> Another approach would be a special Key class which is like String but
> has #hash and #eql? redefined to work as if the String was lowercased.

Thanks but I don't understnad this point. Do you mean extending the Hash 
class? I don't think so since there is not any Key class. Could you please 
explain in more detail you suggestion?

Thanks a lot for all.


-- 
Iñaki Baz Castillo