From: Sebastian Hungerecker Date: 2008-10-12T00:12:50+09:00 Subject: Re: newbie q: stripping duplicates Thomas B. wrote: > with the three {"aa"=>"bb"} object still reported to be ==. Yes, but not eql?. In 1.8.6 there were no Hash#hash and Hash#eql? methods so it used Object#hash and Object#eql?, which considers two objects equal only when they're actually the same object. HTH, Sebastian -- NP: Die Apokalyptischen Reiter - Sehnsucht Jabber: sepp2k@jabber.org ICQ: 205544826