class Tryouts::OrderedHash

def [] *args
  hsh = Tryouts::OrderedHash.new
  if Hash === args[0]
    hsh.replace args[0]
  elsif (args.size % 2) != 0
    raise ArgumentError, "odd number of elements for Hash"
  else
    0.step(args.size - 1, 2) do |a|
      b = a + 1
      hsh[args[a]] = args[b]
    end
  end
  hsh
end