From: Chris Hulan <chris.hulan@...>
Date: 2009-03-07T13:24:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Extending has for default value, can't get it to work

On Mar 6, 11:07 pm, Christopher Dicely <cmdic...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Jo Be <nous.placi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >http://pastie.org/409974
>
> > When I instantiate MyHash.new I get an empty hash. Just not sure how to
> > proceed.
>
> > thanks
>
> ruby 1.8.6 (2008-03-03 patchlevel 114) [i386-mswin32]
>
> irb(main):001:0> class MyHash < Hash
> irb(main):002:1> def initialize
> irb(main):003:2> super
> irb(main):004:2> self[:foo]="bar"
> irb(main):005:2> end
> irb(main):006:1> end
> => nil
> irb(main):007:0> MyHash.new
> => {:foo=>"bar"}
>
> Actually, I tried it your way out of curiosity, and:
>
> irb(main):009:0> class MyOtherHash < Hash
> irb(main):010:1> def initialize
> irb(main):011:2> super
> irb(main):012:2> merge!({:foo=>"bar"})
> irb(main):013:2> end
> irb(main):014:1> end
> => nil
> irb(main):015:0> MyOtherHash.new
> => {:foo=>"bar"}

Doh! I copied the pastie and did see the typo unitl I copied the
correct code, thanks Chris
You need 'initialize' instead of 'intialize


cheers
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