[ruby-core:123013] [Ruby Feature#12282] Hash#dig! for repeated applications of Hash#fetch

Issue #12282 has been updated by matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto).


`fetch_path` is much better than `dig!` since this bang method is against our naming convention (if we have x and x!, a method with `!` (bang) should be more dangerous).
At the same time, `_path` usually means file paths in Ruby, and possibly cause confusion, although **I** understand `path` here is totally valid.

Matz.


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Feature #12282: Hash#dig! for repeated applications of Hash#fetch
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/12282#change-114317

* Author: robb (Robb Shecter)
* Status: Open
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A new feature for your consideration: #dig! which is to #fetch as #dig is to #[]. For me and maybe many others, Hash#fetch is used much more than Hash#[]. And traversing multiple fetches isn't very convenient nor Ruby-like, e.g.: places.fetch(:countries).fetch(:canada).fetch(ontario).

Here's how it would work:

~~~ruby
places = { countries: { canada: true } }

places.dig  :countries, :canada  # => true
places.dig! :countries, :canada  # => true

places.dig  :countries, :canada, :ontario  # => nil
places.dig! :countries, :canada, :ontario  # => KeyError: Key not found: :ontario

~~~


Here's an implementation and tests: https://gist.github.com/dogweather/819ccdb41c9db0514c163cfdb1c528e2



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