From: Aaron Patterson <tenderlove@...>
Date: 2012-10-31T03:23:35+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:48625] Re: [ruby-trunk - Feature #7241] Enumerable#to_h proposal

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 07:58:33PM +0900, rosenfeld (Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas) wrote:
> 
> Issue #7241 has been updated by rosenfeld (Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas).
> 
> 
> Maybe .hash_map? each_with_object is a too long name for a very common needed method. Many have asked for a method like it (including me) because they couldn't find "each_with_object" and they ended up learning here after asking for such a method.
> 
> Maybe "hash_map" could be a better name for this.

`each_with_object` isn't specific to hashes, and isn't doing list
translation like `map` does.

IOW, it sounds perfect for ActiveSupport. ;-)

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