From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2009-07-20T07:34:43+09:00
Subject: Re: removing array duplicates where a subset is unique

David A. Black wrote:
> Hi --
> 
> On Mon, 20 Jul 2009, 7stud -- wrote:
> 
>> David A. Black wrote:
>>> I'm not sure what that buys you, though.
>>
>> Simplicity of comprehension over brevity.
> 
> I guess I like the ||= idiom because it has both. 

For you, yes.  But apparently not for the op:

>>I was trying to figure out how to use a hash but did not
>>make the leap to the ||= construction on my own.

> The ||= idiom should work
> fine

..until it doesn't (I think you know what I'm refering to).
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