Issue #19448 has been updated by byroot (Jean Boussier). Status changed from Open to Rejected This isn't a bug and is documented in `Hash.new` https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/3.2/Hash.html#class-Hash-label-Default+Values
Note that the default value is used without being duplicated. It is not advised to set the default value to a mutable object:
```ruby synonyms = Hash.new([]) synonyms[:hello] # => [] synonyms[:hello] << :hi # => [:hi], but this mutates the default! synonyms.default # => [:hi] synonyms[:world] << :universe synonyms[:world] # => [:hi, :universe], oops synonyms.keys # => [], oops ```
To use a mutable object as default, it is recommended to use a default proc
---------------------------------------- Bug #19448: [Hash] Using Set as default value https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19448#change-101920 * Author: bobanj (Boban Jovanoski) * Status: Rejected * Priority: Normal * ruby -v: ruby 3.1.3p185 (2022-11-24 revision 1a6b16756e) [x86_64-darwin22] * Backport: 2.7: UNKNOWN, 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- When using a hash and set is used as a default value, the keys method for the hash does not return expected values. A workaround for this is provided in the attachment. ---Files-------------------------------- bug.rb (382 Bytes) -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/