From: "ara.t.howard" <ara.t.howard@...>
Date: 2008-10-03T14:17:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Ordered hash hack for < ruby 1.9?


On Oct 2, 2008, at 11:05 PM, Ben Johnson wrote:

> Thanks Erik, I agree 100%. I ONLY applied this when testing,

but that invalidates the tests ;-)

> where
> performance really isn't an issue. I just needed hashes to iterate  
> in a
> consistent order. What was unique about my situation is that the hash
> order didn't matter to the functional purpose of the method. It  
> mattered
> only when I needed to do assertions in my tests.
>


> Honestly, if order if meaningful you should use an array. I think  
> any of
> the above gems are not the best choice when it comes to performance.


arrayfields gives you both - an array with hash access

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