what is "!map:HashWithIndifferentAccess "?

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I read the typo migration code file 004_add_sidebars_.rb and found these:

      Bare4Sidebar.create(:active_position=>0, :controller=>'page', :active_config=>'--- !map:HashWithIndifferentAccess       maximum_pages: "10"')

I'm confused what does it meaning? work for? anyone help~

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Guan,

HashWithIndifferentAccess is just like any other hash except that the key 'somekey' will be the same as the key :somekey.

For example if you have a regular hash like the following

hash = Hash.new({:somekey => 'testing'}) hash[:somekey]

=> testing

hash['somekey']

=> nil

Notice how the key 'somekey' is not the same as the key :somekey

hash = HashWithIndifferentAccess.new({:somekey => 'testing'}) hash[:somekey]

=> 'testing'

hash['somekey']

=> 'testing'

Here the key 'somekey' and :somekey are the same.

Understand?

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I read the typo migration code file 004_add_sidebars_.rb and found these:

     Bare4Sidebar.create(:active_position=>0, :controller=>'page', :active_config=>'--- !map:HashWithIndifferentAccess      maximum_pages: "10"')

I'm confused what does it meaning? work for?

That looks like yaml serialized data.

Fred