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tpitale/deeply_hash.rb

Created August 25, 2014 18:12
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Using default proc to deeply, arbitrarily nest new Hash
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deeply_hash.rb
# http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/Hash.html#method-i-default_proc-3D
h = Hash.new {|hash, key| hash[key] = Hash.new(&hash.default_proc)}
h[:foo][:bar][:baz][:bat] = "hello"
p h
#=> {:foo=>{:bar=>{:baz=>{:bat=>"hello"}}}}
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