require 'set' # Override #== to fix behavior where it seems to ignore overrides of Object#== or Object#eql? when comparing set elements. # Note that we can't put these definitions inside a helper module, as we do for other methods, and include in the reopened # Hash class. If we do this, the method is not used! class Set def == set equal?(set) and return true set.is_a?(Set) && size == set.size or return false ary = to_a set.all? { |o| ary.include?(o) } end alias :eql? :== # It seems that Set#| should work, but for some reason, it doesn't. def union_using_eql_comparison other first = dup second = other.dup first.size > second.size ? do_union(first, second) : do_union(second, first) end # It seems that Set#& should work, but for some reason, it doesn't. def intersection_using_eql_comparison other first = dup second = other.dup first.size > second.size ? do_intersection(first, second) : do_intersection(second, first) end private def do_union larger, smaller smaller.each do |x| larger.add(x) unless contained_in(larger, x) end larger end def do_intersection larger, smaller result = Set.new smaller.each do |x| result.add(x) if contained_in(larger, x) end result end def contained_in set, element set.each {|x| return true if element == x} false end end