The powershell has a really nice implementation of a dictionary. It is called Hashtable and can be used to store pairs of keys and values.
Compared with the dictionary used in vbscript, it is really simple to use,
and I have used it several times befor. Till last friday:
There is a method called ‘Add’, really!
And running a get-member agains a hashtable shows at the first entry:
Name MemberType Definition
—- ———- ———-
Add Method System.Void Add(System.Object key, System.Object value)
So where the hell does this error come from.
I decided to make a set-psdebug -step in the powershell ISE.
Have a look what I’ve found:
Yes, you can trust your eyes, there is an acute accent on top of the A
Add -> Ádd
Ok, so where are my glasses:
As you can see, using the ISE with a Font Size of 12
and a sceen resolution of 1920 x 1200
makes it hard to see everything clear.
And I’m really glad, that this wasn’t a real bug to my favorite object hashtable.