From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2010-04-13T08:11:09+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:29480] Re: [Feature #3131] add Kernel#Hash() method like Kernel#Array()

Hi,

In message "Re: [ruby-core:29462] [Feature #3131] add Kernel#Hash() method like Kernel#Array()"
    on Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:32:52 +0900, Suraj Kurapati <redmine@ruby-lang.org> writes:

|There is an imbalance of power in the Ruby core API (when it comes 
|to arrays and hashes) because it is easier to convert nil values 
|into empty arrays, thanks to Kernel#Array(), than it is to convert 
|nil values into empty hashes, due to lack of Kernel#Hash().

Having Hash() might be a good idea.  But since conversion from
arrays only meaningful for specific case (array of 2-element arrays),
I am not sure whether Hash() should support conversion from Array in
general or not.

							matz.