From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2002-01-26T10:50:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Serious Array Bug in Ruby 1.6.6?

Hi,

At Sat, 26 Jan 2002 07:32:19 +0900,
William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@y.glue.umd.edu> wrote:
> Yes, the List class is exactly what I want.  I don't see why it is so
> inefficient, because the opposite is I still don't see the use of an array
> of pointers to the same object.  If it is so inefficient, why just don't
> provide it to the user: Array.new (n, obj) only works for obj of FixNum,
> True, Nil, etc.  On the other hand, if it is allowed for obj to be a Hash,
> then why not create multiple hashes instead of just a single hash.

The inefficiency comes from the operation itself, regardless
whether written in C or Ruby.

# BTW, haven't you heard about flyweight?

-- 
Nobu Nakada