From: Lyndon Samson <lyndon.samson@...>
Date: 2005-04-23T20:34:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Suggestion: Hash.remove

On 4/23/05, Andrew Walrond <andrew@walrond.org> wrote:
> Something I often find useful is a version of Hash.delete which returns the
> hash rather than the deleted item. Useful for terse chained code.
> 
> class Hash
>  def remove!(*some_keys)
>    some_keys.each { |key| delete(key) }
>    return self
>  end
>  def remove(*some_keys)
>    return dup.remove!(*some_keys)
>  end
> end
> 
> Perhaps something like it is already planned for the next version? If not,
> perhaps the Hash maintainer might consider something like it.
> 

I think there is a bias against method chaining by the Ruby Powers-that-Be.


> Andrew Walrond
> 
> 


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