From: "Stephan J. Schmidt" Date: 2002-05-31T21:08:43+09:00 Subject: Idiom Hi, I need assistance with a hash->hash->list structure. I modified that excellent SignalSlot script to write a SignalHandler, which creates Signals for Components from a HTTP request. My version doesn't work: (((@@components ||= {})[component.cid] ||= {})[signal] ||= []) << pr thanks, -stephan