Jonathan Paisley wrote: > On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 05:43:42 +0900, trans. (T. Onoma) wrote: > > >>On Tuesday 07 December 2004 12:42 pm, Jonathan Paisley wrote: >>| def Hash.from_pairs(keys,values) # or some better name >> >>zipnew ? > > > Hash.zipnew ... I quite like the similarity to Hash.new, and the inclusion > of the already familiar zip idea is also a good thing. Why does it need a new name? Instead, why not extend Hash.new to do this when it is passed two arrays? It seems pretty natural to me, and I don't see any conflict with existing usage. -- Glenn Parker | glenn.parker-AT-comcast.net | <http://www.tetrafoil.com/>