Handy aliases of get to [] and put to []=

gems/cache/lib/cache.rb

@@ -141,11 +141,13 @@ def contains_key?( key )
       def get(key)
         decode(cache.get(encode(key)))
       end
+      alias_method :[], :get
 
       # Write an entry to the cache 
       def put(key, value, expires = 0)
         __put(key, value, expires, :put)
       end
+      alias_method :[]=, :put
 
       def put_if_absent(key, value, expires = 0)
         __put(key, value, expires, :put_if_absent)

gems/cache/spec/cache_spec.rb

@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@
     @cache.get('foo').should == 'bar'
   end
 
+  it "should work with index operators" do
+    @cache[:a] = 1
+    @cache[:a].should == 1
+    @cache[:b] = "two"
+    @cache[:b].should == "two"
+  end
+
   it "should accept and return ruby objects" do
     heffalump = Snuffleuffagus.new(100, 'snuffle')
     @cache.put('heffalump', heffalump).should be_nil