From: meanlogin@... Date: 2014-08-04T14:48:33+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:64191] [ruby-trunk - Bug #9291] array splatting a nil works, but hash splatting a nil does not Issue #9291 has been updated by First Last. So is there a reason * and ** should work differently for nil? ---------------------------------------- Bug #9291: array splatting a nil works, but hash splatting a nil does not https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9291#change-48192 * Author: 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 -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/