From: zverok.offline@... Date: 2019-09-26T13:01:28+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:95104] [Ruby master Feature#16183] Hash#with_default Issue #16183 has been reported by zverok (Victor Shepelev). ---------------------------------------- Feature #16183: Hash#with_default https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16183 * Author: zverok (Victor Shepelev) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: * Target version: ---------------------------------------- Reasons: there is no way, currently, to *declaratively* define Hash with default value (for example, to store it in constant, or use in an expression). Which leads to code more or less like this: ```ruby FONTS = { title: 'Arial', body: 'Times New Roman', blockquote: 'Tahoma' }.tap { |h| h.default = 'Courier' }.freeze # Grouping indexes: ary.each_with_object(Hash.new { |h, k| h[k] = [] }).with_index { |(el, h), idx| h[el.downcase] << idx } ``` With proposed method: ```ruby FONTS = { title: 'Arial', body: 'Times New Roman', blockquote: 'Tahoma' }.with_default('Courier').freeze ary.each_with_object({}.with_default { [] }).with_index { |(el, h), idx| h[el.downcase] << idx } ``` About the block synopsys: I am not 100% sure, but I believe that _most_ of the time when `default_proc` provided, it looks like `{ |h, k| h[k] = some_calculation }`. So, I believe for this "declarative simplification" of defaults, it is acceptable to assume it as the only behavior (pass only key to block, and always store block's result); more flexible form would still be accessible with `Hash.new`. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: