From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2002-12-24T16:53:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Hash#update

Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@ruby-lang.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In message "Re: Hash#update"
>    on 02/12/23, Austin Ziegler <austin@halostatue.ca> writes:
> 
> |> No information lost by String#+ or Array#+, but Hash#update may
> |> lose the value. That's why I rejected the name "+". It is possible
> |> to provide the non destructive "update" under different name. Good
> |> name?
> |
> |Hash#union, also Hash#| (not Hash#^).
> 
> Is it OK for you to lose values by the "union" method?  Not for me.

How about Hash#merge and Hash#merge! ?

martin