From: "rits (First Last)" Date: 2013-12-28T02:49:59+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:59347] [ruby-trunk - Bug #9291] array splatting a nil works, but hash splatting a nil does not Issue #9291 has been updated by rits (First Last). this could be used like this: method a: 1, **({b: 1} if condition) ---------------------------------------- Bug #9291: array splatting a nil works, but hash splatting a nil does not https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9291#change-43921 Author: rits (First Last) Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: ruby -v: ruby 2.0.0p353 (2013-11-22 revision 43784) [i686-linux] Backport: 1.9.3: UNKNOWN, 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN irb(main):001:0> [*nil] => [] irb(main):002:0> {**nil} TypeError: no implicit conversion of nil into Hash -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/