>>>>> "D" == Dave Thomas <Dave / PragmaticProgrammer.com> writes:

D> user). The difference between strings and other objects wrt. hashes is 
D> that the string (object) is copied when it is inserted in to the hash, 
D> while other objects aren't:

 This difference can be explained by String#hash, which is really special
 (IMHO) 


Guy Decoux