Roger Johansson wrote: > but this screws up the scemantics > > "<<" is append... and you cant "append" something in a hash , there is > no way to add anything to the end of a hash since items are inserted > based on hashed index. That doesn't seem to stop Set#<< : irb(main):001:0> s = Set[1,2,3] => #<Set: {1, 2, 3}> irb(main):002:0> s << 4 => #<Set: {1, 2, 3, 4}> -- vjoel : Joel VanderWerf : path berkeley edu : 510 665 3407