From: sawadatsuyoshi@... Date: 2016-04-14T06:56:10+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:74947] [Ruby trunk Feature#12282] Hash#dig! for repeated applications of Hash#fetch Issue #12282 has been updated by Tsuyoshi Sawada. This makes sense only within limited cases, i.e. when the same key never appears at different depths. For example, if you get an error: ~~~ruby hash.dig!(:foo, :bar, :foo) # => KeyError: Key not found: :foo ~~~ you cannot tell whether the `:foo` at the first depth or the third depth (or both) is missing. In such case, there is not much difference from doing: ~~~ruby hash[:foo][:bar][:foo] # => NoMethodError: undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass ~~~ from the point of view of information the error provides. (With `dig!`, all you can tell is that the error was not caused by `:bar`.) I do not see much value in having a method for such limited use case. ---------------------------------------- Feature #12282: Hash#dig! for repeated applications of Hash#fetch https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/12282#change-58075 * Author: Robb Shecter * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: ---------------------------------------- A new feature for your consideration: #dig! which is to #fetch as #dig is to #[]. For me and maybe many others, Hash#fetch is used much more than Hash#[]. And traversing multiple fetches isn't very convenient nor Ruby-like, e.g.: places.fetch(:countries).fetch(:canada).fetch(ontario). Here's how it would work: ~~~ places = { countries: { canada: true } } places.dig :countries, :canada # => true places.dig! :countries, :canada # => true places.dig :countries, :canada, :ontario # => nil places.dig! :countries, :canada, :ontario # => KeyError: Key not found: :ontario ~~~ Here's an implementation and tests: https://gist.github.com/dogweather/819ccdb41c9db0514c163cfdb1c528e2 -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: