[ruby-core:42622] [ruby-trunk - Feature #1880][Rejected] Hash#flatten Doesn't Operate Recursively for Hash Values

Issue #1880 has been updated by Yusuke Endoh.

Status changed from Assigned to Rejected

I'm rejecting this feature ticket because no progress has been
made for a long time.  See [ruby-core:42391].



I think flatten means an operation on Array, in Ruby.
"flatten" on Hash is also possible, but Hash#flatten is not for
that.  I think we need:

  - a use case
  - another appropriate name
  - detailed semantics (what does {a: {a: 1}}.flatten return?)

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Feature #1880: Hash#flatten Doesn't Operate Recursively for Hash Values
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/1880

Author: Run Paint Run Run
Status: Rejected
Priority: Normal
Assignee: Yukihiro Matsumoto
Category: core
Target version: 2.0.0
ruby -v: ruby 1.9.2dev (2009-08-04 trunk 24388) [i686-linux]


=begin
 Hash#flatten claims to flatten recursively if given an argument specifying the depth. This works as expected for Array values, but has no bearing on Hash values. 
 
   >> h = {orange: :orange, coconut: {inside: :white, outside: :brown}, grapes: {colour: [:red, :green]}}
   >> h.flatten
   => [:orange, :orange, :coconut, {:inside=>:white, :outside=>:brown}, :grapes, {:colour=>[:red, :green]}]
   >> h.flatten(20)
   => [:orange, :orange, :coconut, {:inside=>:white, :outside=>:brown}, :grapes, {:colour=>[:red, :green]}]
 
 This seems peculiar. If the user has specified a depth he's explicitly stating the level of recursion to flatten; not how he wants Array values to be treated. IOW, I expected #flatten(depth) to call #flatten on Hash values as appropriate. This can be generalised to: call #flatten on values until the depth has been reached.
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