From: Phlip <phlip2005@...>
Date: 2009-02-13T04:33:44+09:00
Subject: Re: If you are happy with the direction of Ruby 1.8.7+, respond

>>> h={}
>>> h[{"foo" => 1}] = 100
>>> p h[{"foo" => 1}]
>>>
>>> ruby 1.8.6 prints "nil", 1.8.7 prints "100".
>> Ah, you mean  Hash#hash. Thanks a lot, I didn't  know that. But this
>> is an example where the  1.8.7 version yields the result most people
>> would expect,
> 
> No  it doesn't.   Most people  would expect  1.8.7 to  yield  the same
> result as 1.8.6 .  That is the point.

I did not know 1.8.6 returned the counterintuitive result. Hence...