From: nobu@...
Date: 2014-04-28T01:56:28+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:62189] [ruby-trunk - Feature #9778] [Rejected] Bring shortcut methods to Hash

Issue #9778 has been updated by Nobuyoshi Nakada.

Status changed from Open to Rejected

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Feature #9778: Bring shortcut methods to Hash
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9778#change-46344

* Author: Nathaniel Symer
* Status: Rejected
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: Yukihiro Matsumoto
* Category: syntax
* Target version: next minor
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My obsession with easy syntax annoys me when I see `Hash#merge` does not have a shortcut in the form of a mathematical operation (like `-` or `+`).

~~~ruby
h_one = { :foo => "bar", :this => "that", :all => "nothing" }
h_two = { :foo => "this", :ruby => "awesome" }

# this isn't as pretty
h_one.merge(h_two)
  =>  { :foo => "this", :this => "that", :all => "nothing", :ruby => "awesome" }

# as this
h_one+h_two
  => { :foo => "this", :this => "that", :all => "nothing", :ruby => "awesome" }`
~~~

Why doesn't this exist in Ruby?



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