From: Robert Dober Date: 2010-06-10T22:59:40+09:00 Subject: Re: comparing objects On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Wilson Bilkovich wrote: Even if > your code lives in isolation, ensuring proper semantics via these > methods prevents a class of tricky bug that your successors may have > to deal with. Hmm? Would you care to show an example where overloading those methods (#eql? and #hash) is needed to ensure proper behavior? I am willing to learn. But I am not willing to accept this statement as such. Cheers R. -- The best way to predict the future is to invent it. -- Alan Kay