From: tjwp@...
Date: 2016-03-23T19:26:39+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:74498] [Ruby trunk Misc#12210] Add IdentitySet class that compares members by identity

Issue #12210 has been reported by Tim Perkins.

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Misc #12210: Add IdentitySet class that compares members by identity
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/12210

* Author: Tim Perkins
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
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This subclass of Set handles a use case that we ran into where we needed to track instances of objects that might compare as equal.

I was surprised that there was not a core way to do this. IdentitySet allows you to do the following (trivial example using strings):

~~~ruby
  a_str = "a"
  s = IdentitySet.new([a_str, a_str, "b", "b"])

  p s # => #<IdentitySet: {"a", "b", "b"}>
~~~

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identity_set.diff (1.18 KB)


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