From: Tom Sawyer <transami@...>
Date: 2003-01-23T13:38:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Hash#+ ?

On Wednesday 22 January 2003 08:49 pm, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In message "Re: Hash#+ ?"
>
>     on 03/01/23, Tom Sawyer <transami@transami.net> writes:
> |> I like the idea of Hash#| or Hash#or.  It is simply an 'or' function.
> |> Whichever comes first has precedence:
> |>
> |> hash1 | hash2 # -> "key1" => "foo"
> |> hash2 | hash1 # -> "key1" => "baz"
> |
> |i posted this RCR on Ruby Garden but i expect the second hash to have
> |precedence. i.e. | is defined as a non in-place #update.
>
> So you guys are OK for value losing "or" or "|" methods?
>
> 							matz.

yes. a number of times in my experience a non in-place version of update would 
have been handy.

-- 
tom sawyer, aka transami
transami@transami.net


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