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Do you know why?
Thanks.
Hello,
If you Google "ruby uniq" I get as the 2nd result the article:
More than you care to know about the uniq method [1] by Chris Holz
that tells you with many code examples:
Multiple instances of the same classes (Object.new) are treated distinctly
and do not reduce to a single object in the returned array.
Try:
[Any,Any].uniq
=> [Any]
that will work as you expect.
Cheers. Prost.
[1] http://chrisholtz.com/blog/more-than-you-care-to-know-about-the-uniq-method/
Hello,
Just looked at the 1st result in the "ruby uniq" Google search,
that is, the official Array RDoc [1].
If you look at Array#uniq it tells you:
It compares values using their hash and eql? methods for efficiency.
If you try it. Add to your Any class:
def hash() 1; end
And retry:
[Any.new,Any.new].uniq
=> [#<Any:0x111>]
Now it works as you expect. Cheers. Prost.
It comes down to a matter of uniqueness. In the first part of your example `uniq` returns an Array with both elements because it uses the object hash AND `eql?` to determine uniqueness. In the last part of your example the `-` minus in Ruby removes all unique objects from the Arrays before actually performing the subtraction therefore giving you an empty Array. It removes the unique values between the two because you obviously can’t subtract two things that aren’t equal. Even though you are setting `eql?` in your class the object hash between the two still varies.
Thanks,
Cristian Rivera
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Hi, Gerald.
The RDoc also says that Array#- uses both #hash and #eql? methods. But
in my example I implemented just the #eql? method and worked:
[Any.new] - [Any.new]
=>
In other words: why Array#- do not require that elements implement
#hash method for make equality comparison, as said in documentation?
Cheers.
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Hello,
Just looked at the 1st result in the "ruby uniq" Google search,
that is, the official Array RDoc [1].If you look at Array#uniq it tells you:
> It compares values using their hash and eql? methods for efficiency.
If you try it. Add to your Any class:
def hash() 1; end
And retry:
[Any.new,Any.new].uniq
=> [#<Any:0x111>]Now it works as you expect. Cheers. Prost.
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Hi, Cristian.
In the last part of your example the `-` minus in Ruby removes all
unique objects from the Arrays before actually performing the subtraction
therefore giving you an empty Array. It removes the unique values between
the two because you obviously can’t subtract two things that aren’t equal.
From what I understand of what you said, it should be this:
[:a] - [:b]
=>
[:a] - [1]
=>
But it is:
[:a] - [:b]
=> [:a]
[:a] - [1]
=> [:a]
I've enhanced my example:
https://repl.it/repls/FantasticIrritatingObjectcode
Cheers.
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It comes down to a matter of uniqueness. In the first part of your example
`uniq` returns an Array with both elements because it uses the object hash
AND `eql?` to determine uniqueness. In the last part of your example the
`-` minus in Ruby removes all unique objects from the Arrays before
actually performing the subtraction therefore giving you an empty Array. It
removes the unique values between the two because you obviously can’t
subtract two things that aren’t equal. Even though you are setting `eql?`
in your class the object hash between the two still varies.Thanks,
Cristian Rivera
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Hi, I believe it removes all uniq objects of the same object type but I could be wrong. This is of course inferred by reading the .c source which I am not an expert at!
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Hi, Cristian.
> In the last part of your example the `-` minus in Ruby removes all unique objects from the Arrays before actually performing the subtraction therefore giving you an empty Array. It removes the unique values between the two because you obviously can’t subtract two things that aren’t equal.
From what I understand of what you said, it should be this:
[:a] - [:b]
=>[:a] - [1]
=>But it is:
[:a] - [:b]
=> [:a][:a] - [1]
=> [:a]I've enhanced my example:
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It comes down to a matter of uniqueness. In the first part of your example `uniq` returns an Array with both elements because it uses the object hash AND `eql?` to determine uniqueness. In the last part of your example the `-` minus in Ruby removes all unique objects from the Arrays before actually performing the subtraction therefore giving you an empty Array. It removes the unique values between the two because you obviously can’t subtract two things that aren’t equal. Even though you are setting `eql?` in your class the object hash between the two still varies.Thanks,
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