From: Aldric Giacomoni <aldric@...>
Date: 2009-08-27T03:21:50+09:00
Subject: Re: ||= with 1.8 and 1.9 ?

Joel VanderWerf wrote:

> h = Hash.new(0)
> h[1] ||= 2         # this...
> h[3] = h[3] || 4   # is not like this...
> h[5] || h[5] = 6   # but more like this.
> p h # {3=>0}
> 

Hashes have always been a kind of special case, especially when they 
have a default value set up :-) We're talking about assignments on plain 
variables, which are (I thought) more clear-cut.
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