From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) Date: 2003-01-23T11:25:18+09:00 Subject: Re: Hash#+ ? Hi, In message "Re: Hash#+ ?" on 03/01/23, Tom Sawyer writes: |On Wednesday 22 January 2003 06:52 pm, dblack@candle.superlink.net wrote: |> 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? | |David, what value can be lost? i don't understand. What if two hashes have same keys with different values? matz.