From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2000-12-24T19:24:45+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:8030] Re: Basic hash question

>>>>> "B" == Ben Tilly <ben_tilly@hotmail.com> writes:

B>   class Foo < String
B>     def foo= (foo)
B>       @foo = foo
B>     end
B>     def foo
B>       @foo
B>     end
B>   end

     class Foo < String
        attr_accessor :foo
     end

 is faster to write and faster to execute

B>   puts h[a]

     puts h[a.to_s]

B>   puts a.foo


B> So how does this work?  How does Ruby determine the thing
B> hash?  (In Perl it is really simple, everything is
B> converted to a string and then the strings are hashed.)

 an hash as a lookup table


Guy Decoux