On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, Mark Volkmann wrote:

> I assumed incorrectly that Array#delete deleted a specific object,
> using eql? (identity). I later discovered that it uses == (same
> values). Then I looked for a method to delete using eql? and couldn't
> find one. I ended up using the following. Is there a better way?
>
>  obj_to_delete = whatever
>  my_array.delete_if { |element| element.eql?(object_to_delete) }

probably not, but if you're doing alot of this kind of override you might to

   class IndentArray < ::Array
     alias_method "==", "eql?"
   end

etc.

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