From: matz@...
Date: 2014-08-28T11:12:13+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:64606] [ruby-trunk - Bug #10180] [Rejected] #to_hash vs.	#to_h

Issue #10180 has been updated by Yukihiro Matsumoto.

Status changed from Open to Rejected

Ruby often has two conversion methods for an object, e.g. #to_s and #to_str, #to_i and #to_int, #to_h and #to_hash.
The former is used for explicit conversion, the latter is used for implicit conversion (from an object with identical method signature e.g. proxy).

Matz.



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Bug #10180: #to_hash vs. #to_h
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10180#change-48525

* Author: Herwin .
* Status: Rejected
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Category: 
* Target version: 
* ruby -v: 2.1.2p95
* Backport: 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN
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The class Hash has a method try_convert, that is documented as "Try to convert obj into a hash, using #to_hash method." Surpisingly, the Array class doesn't have a method to_hash, but it does have a method to_h which converts it into a Hash. This looks like there are two possible methods with different names, but with the same expected behaviour, which breaks some usage of Hash#try_convert.



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