From: "jimweirich (Jim Weirich)" Date: 2013-08-08T03:40:32+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:56436] [ruby-trunk - Feature #6225] Hash#+ Issue #6225 has been updated by jimweirich (Jim Weirich). mame (Yusuke Endoh) wrote: > BTW, I don't think that Hash#merge is so frequently-used operation enough to have such a short notation. > I guess we may want it only when the values is not important, that is, when the hash is used like a set. In this case, we can use set.rb which provides Set#+. I use Hash#merge a lot in a Rails project to manage valid attributes for testing scenarios. E.g. valid_default_attributes.merge(overriding_attributes). -- -- Jim Weirich ---------------------------------------- Feature #6225: Hash#+ https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6225#change-40975 Author: trans (SYSTEM ERROR) Status: Assigned Priority: Normal Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) Category: core Target version: next minor Strings and Arrays can be combined with #+. I don't see any reason not to allow Hashes to do so as well. class Hash alias :+ :merge end -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ _______________________________________________ ruby-core mailing list ruby-core@ruby-lang.org http://lists.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ruby-core