From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2000-12-24T23:10:08+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:8036] Re: Basic hash question

>>>>> "D" == Dave Thomas <Dave@PragmaticProgrammer.com> writes:

D> subclasses of String get treated as if they were strings. When a

  yes, ruby check TYPE(obj) == T_STRING

D> string is used as a hash key, it is copied automatically, so that
D> subsequent changes to the string don't affect the hash.

 copy-on-write, like regexp


Guy Decoux