From: Aldric Giacomoni <aldric@...>
Date: 2010-04-01T21:08:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Weird hash key: what am I asking Ruby to do?

Josh Cheek wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Aldric Giacomoni 
> <aldric@trevoke.net>wrote:
>>
>> So.. In the first example, the hash key is 'lambda { x } => 5' .
>> What on earth does that even mean?
>>
>>
> It means that the key is a hash table which contains a key of the 
> lambda,
> that maps to the value of 5. Notice all three sets of code are the same, 
> the
> keys just get progressively more complicated looking. But if you didn't 
> know
> what they were, and just considered them to be an object (which they 
> are),
> then they are no longer so complicated, just complicated looking.
> 
Hah! That makes perfect sense. I know what I'm doing next time I see a 
code obfuscation contest.

Thanks!
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