From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2008-10-02T04:00:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Ordered hash hack for < ruby 1.9?



On Oct 1, 2:12 pm, Ben Johnson <bjohn...@binarylogic.com> wrote:
> Luis Parravicini wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Ben Johnson <bjohn...@binarylogic.com>
> > wrote:
> >> Is there anything out there that does this? Thanks for your help.
> > Hash's == method compares if two hashes are equal (
> >http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Hash.html#M002875)
>
> > Bye
>
> I realize that. My class is creating a hash of complex objects. For me
> to create the hash by hand would take a long time and be a huge pain in
> the ass. Plus this method does other things with the hash, and
> ultimately returns a string. I want to test this method and it's
> impossible since ruby iterates over a hash in a random order.

Since a hash is an unordered collection, one should not test it
according to any order. Instead test to see if a key is present and it
has certain values.

That you want it ordered should raise a red flag for you.

T.