CrazyHash.rb

class CrazyHash < Hash
  def initialize init_hash
    super.merge! init_hash
  end

  def to_s
    "do something different and important so the literal {} wont work"
  end
end

f = CrazyHash.new( :b => "C" )

puts f.inspect
=> {:b=>"C"}

well CrazyHash has other methods. Its really a customized Hash so the literal won't work

Hmm, I don't get it. What's the point?

@handtwerk that you can't say Hash.new( :foo => "bar" )

by overloading #initialize that way - you can. and that you can overload it that easy is just awesome - at least to me

so named paramters type functionality...

@plukevdh - could you elaborate ? ;)

I see, that's neat. Go Ruby!

@hukl kinda like what Obj-C has.

Uhm yeah - rubyists use hashes for named arguments all the time but in this gist it is not the point ;)