On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby / zenspider.com> wrote: > 502 % ri Object.hash > ------------------------------------------------------------ Object#hash > obj.hash > fixnum > > From Ruby 1.8 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Generates a +Fixnum+ hash value for this object. This function must I'm new to Ruby and have been wondering what +...+ is. Does it mark emphasis in some markup language?