Rails - Aug 2006 - question/problem with habtm and "include?"

I have what I feel is a standard habtm association to manage 
user/roles/permissions. However, I''m having a small problem wondering 
why ".include?" isn''t working like I thought it should.

I''m attempting to use this to determine whether a user has access to a 
particular permission:

if session[:user].role.permissions.include?(''Lead List'')
     do something
end

If I call session[:user].role.permissions.inspect I get this:

[#"Lead List", "role_id"=>"1",
"permission_id"=>"1",
"id"=>"1"}>,
#"Purchase Orders", "role_id"=>"1",
"permission_id"=>"4",
"id"=>"4"}>,
#"Quotes", "role_id"=>"1",
"permission_id"=>"5",
"id"=>"5"}>,
#"Invoices", "role_id"=>"1",
"permission_id"=>"6",
"id"=>"6"}>]

But the "include?" returns false.

If I modify the condition, to the following, it works:

session[:user].role.permissions.collect{|p| p.name }.include?(''Lead 
List'')

I''m okay with it working using the latter example, but I was wondering 
if there''s something I haven''t done to make the first example
(minus the
.collect) not work like I thought it would.

Any pointers would be appreciated.

Cheers,
Bill

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