From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2003-08-12T22:39:19+09:00
Subject: Re: hash default value

>>>>> "E" == Emmanuel Touzery <emmanuel.touzery@wanadoo.fr> writes:

E> irb(main):003:0> myOtherHash = Hash.new({})

 You must use the block form

svg%  ruby -e 'has = Hash.new {|h,k| h[k]={}}; has["blue"]["red"] = 1; p has'
{"blue"=>{"red"=>1}}
svg% 

E> PS: don't think it matters, but i'm running ruby 1.6.7 (2002-03-01) 

 it will not work with 1.6.7

Guy Decoux