From: Joseph Jones <joeyi5216@...>
Date: 2015-12-17T21:06:17-07:00
Subject: [ruby-core:72264] [Ruby trunk - Feature #11761] [Open] `Hash#default_set` and `Hash#default_proc_set`

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Joseph Jones liked your message with Boxer. On December 1, 2015 at 23:34:=
56 MST, sawadatsuyoshi=40gmail.com wrote:Issue =2311761 has been reported=
 by Tsuyoshi Sawada.----------------------------------------=46eature =23=
11761: =60Hash=23default=5Fset=60 and =60Hash=23default=5Fproc=5Fset=60ht=
tps://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11761* Author: Tsuyoshi Sawada* Status: O=
pen* Priority: Normal* Assignee: ----------------------------------------=
I often want to assign a default value or proc to an existing hash =60h=60=
 and chain method after it. The way I do it is: Hash.new(default=5Fvalue)=
.merge(h)... Hash.new=7Bdefault=5Fproc=5Fvalue=7D.merge(h)...It would be =
convenient if I can assign them to a hash directly, and =60Hash=23default=
=3D=60 and =60Hash=23default=5Fproc=3D=60 are close to doing that, but th=
ey are actually not useful because the return value is not the receiver h=
ash: h.default =3D default=5Fvalue; h... h.default=5Fproc =3D proc =7Bdef=
ault=5Fproc=5Fvalue=7D; h...I wish there were methods =60Hash=23default=5F=
set=60 and =60Hash=23default=5Fproc=5Fset=60 that return the receiver has=
h: h.default=5Fset(default=5Fvalue)... h.default=5Fproc=5Fset=7Bdefault=5F=
proc=5Fvalue=7D...-- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/     
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<html><body><div>Joseph Jones liked your message with <a href=3D=22http:/=
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On December 1, 2015 at 23:34:56 MST, sawadatsuyoshi=40gmail.com wrote:<br=
/><blockquote type=3D=22cite=22 style=3D=22border-left-style:solid;border=
-width:1px;margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px;=22>Issue =2311761 has been =
reported by Tsuyoshi Sawada.<br /><br />---------------------------------=
-------<br />=46eature =2311761: =60Hash=23default=5Fset=60 and =60Hash=23=
default=5Fproc=5Fset=60<br />https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11761<br /=
><br />* Author: Tsuyoshi Sawada<br />* Status: Open<br />* Priority: Nor=
mal<br />* Assignee: <br />----------------------------------------<br />=
I often want to assign a default value or proc to an existing hash =60h=60=
 and chain method after it. The way I do it is:<br /><br />    Hash.new(d=
efault=5Fvalue).merge(h)...<br />    Hash.new=7Bdefault=5Fproc=5Fvalue=7D=
.merge(h)...<br /><br />It would be convenient if I can assign them to a =
hash directly, and =60Hash=23default=3D=60 and =60Hash=23default=5Fproc=3D=
=60 are close to doing that, but they are actually not useful because the=
 return value is not the receiver hash:<br /><br />    h.default =3D defa=
ult=5Fvalue; h...<br />    h.default=5Fproc =3D proc =7Bdefault=5Fproc=5F=
value=7D; h...<br /><br />I wish there were methods =60Hash=23default=5Fs=
et=60 and =60Hash=23default=5Fproc=5Fset=60 that return the receiver hash=
:<br /><br />    h.default=5Fset(default=5Fvalue)...<br />    h.default=5F=
proc=5Fset=7Bdefault=5Fproc=5Fvalue=7D...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />--=
 <br />https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/<br /></blockquote></div></div></body><=
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