On 24 Nov 2002, Robert Cowham wrote:

[snip]
R> h = {}
R> f = File.open("fred.ini", "r")
R> f.each_line{|l| s = l.chomp.split("="); h[s[0]] = s[1]}
R> f.close
[snip]

(IO.readlines 'foo').each {|line|  (hash ||= {}).store *(line.chomp.split '=')}

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