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 Avoid the use of mutable objects as hash keys.
 
+=== No Mutable Defaults [[no-mutable-defaults]]
+
+Avoid the use of shared mutable objects as hash default values.
+
+Creating a Hash in such a way will share the default value
+across all keys, causing unexpected behavior when modifying it.
+
+For example, when the Hash was created with an Array as the argument,
+calling `hash[:foo] << 'bar'` will also change the value of all
+other keys that have not been explicitly assigned to.
+
+[source,ruby]
+----
+# bad
+Hash.new([])
+Hash.new({})
+Hash.new(Array.new)
+Hash.new(Hash.new)
+
+# okay -- beware this will silently discard mutations and only remember assignments
+Hash.new { Array.new }
+Hash.new { Hash.new }
+Hash.new { {} }
+Hash.new { [] }
+
+# good - frozen solution will raise an error when mutation is attempted
+Hash.new([].freeze)
+Hash.new({}.freeze)
+
+# good - using a proc will create a new object for each key
+h = Hash.new
+h.default_proc = ->(h, k) { [] }
+h.default_proc = ->(h, k) { {} }
+
+# good - using a block will create a new object for each key
+Hash.new { |h, k| h[k] = [] }
+Hash.new { |h, k| h[k] = {} }
+----
+
 === Hash Literals [[hash-literals]]
 
 Use the Ruby 1.9 hash literal syntax when your hash keys are symbols.