From: "ara.t.howard" Date: 2008-10-02T06:26:39+09:00 Subject: Re: what hash method is called in this code? On Oct 1, 2008, at 1:44 PM, Lex Williams wrote: > When writing : > > my_hash = {"a" => "b"} > > what method is called ? I tried patching initialize_copy , and > initialize , but that doesn't seem to be it . What am I missing ? c code. you cannot override the creation of literals from within ruby. a @ http://codeforpeople.com/ -- we can deny everything, except that we have the possibility of being better. simply reflect on that. h.h. the 14th dalai lama