From: Simon Krahnke <overlord@...>
Date: 2009-02-08T03:34:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Special Hash Constructors

* Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> (17:35) schrieb:

> It's closer than I initially thought.  But: I wanted these two special
> methods and not yet another generic method.  For that, we have the
> original Hash.new already.  Your version still needs an argument.  Since
> I see that we are using an Array most of the time anyway that can be
> coded into the method.  No need for another generic approach IMHO.

The difference between the existing and the new generic is the
assignment. I see the block form of new most often because some mutable
object should be assigned on read.

mfg,                     simon .... l