* [ruby-core:72269] [Ruby trunk - Feature #11747] \"bury\" feature, similar to 'dig' but opposite
@ 2015-12-18 4:06 Joseph Jones
2015-12-18 12:58 ` [ruby-core:72366] " Billy E Brand
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From: Joseph Jones @ 2015-12-18 4:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Joseph Jones liked your message with Boxer. On December 2, 2015 at 16:36:12 MST, dameyawn@gmail.com wrote:Issue #11747 has been updated by damien sutevski.Tsuyoshi Sawada wrote:> > inferred from the what the user is passing (such as a symbol or string for a hash or an integer for an array)> > I don't think this is a good idea. I think it should rather depend on the class of the receiver.> > {}.bury(:users, 0, :name, 'Matz') # => {:users => {0 => {:name => "Matz"}}}> [].bury(:users, 0, :name, 'Matz') # => error> {}.bury(0, 1, 2, :foo) # => {0 => {1 => {2 => :foo}}}> [].bury(0, 1, 2, :foo) # => [[nil, [nil, nil, :foo]]]> > and similar for struct.I agree. I should clarify that I was assuming the class of the receiver (`data`) was known in my example. The inference I was talking about was that a buried `0` would imply an array position by default instead of a hash key.----------------------------------------Feature #11747: "bury" feature, similar to 'dig' but opposite https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11747#change-55211* Author: damien sutevski* Status: Feedback* Priority: Normal* Assignee: Yukihiro Matsumoto----------------------------------------In Matz's recent Rubyconf talk, he used this example for the new 'dig' feature coming in Ruby 2.3:~~~ruby# we want thisdata[:users][0][:name]# we can do this w/o nil errorsdata.dig(:users, 0, :name)~~~What I'm proposing is a 'bury' feature that is the opposite of 'dig' in a sense. It inserts a value at an arbitrary depth, for example:~~~rubydata.bury(:users, 0, :name, 'Matz')~~~This will create a nested hash or an array automatically at each step if it doesn't already exist, and that can be inferred from the what the user is passing (such as a symbol or string for a hash or an integer for an array). It's similar to autovivification but more powerful!This behavior is very common, at least in my experience, so a dry method built into Ruby would be awesome! -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/
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* [ruby-core:72366] Re: [Ruby trunk - Feature #11747] \"bury\" feature, similar to 'dig' but opposite
2015-12-18 4:06 [ruby-core:72269] [Ruby trunk - Feature #11747] \"bury\" feature, similar to 'dig' but opposite Joseph Jones
@ 2015-12-18 12:58 ` Billy E Brand
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From: Billy E Brand @ 2015-12-18 12:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
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> On Dec 17, 2015, at 23:06, Joseph Jones <joeyi5216@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On December 2, 2015 at 16:36:12 MST, dameyawn@gmail.com wrote:
>> Issue #11747 has been updated by damien sutevski.
>>
>>
>> Tsuyoshi Sawada wrote:
>> > > inferred from the what the user is passing (such as a symbol or string for a hash or an integer for an array)
>> >
>> > I don't think this is a good idea. I think it should rather depend on the class of the receiver.
>> >
>> > {}.bury(:users, 0, :name, 'Matz') # => {:users => {0 => {:name => "Matz"}}}
>> > [].bury(:users, 0, :name, 'Matz') # => error
>> > {}.bury(0, 1, 2, :foo) # => {0 => {1 => {2 => :foo}}}
>> > [].bury(0, 1, 2, :foo) # => [[nil, [nil, nil, :foo]]]
>> >
>> > and similar for struct.
>>
>> I agree. I should clarify that I was assuming the class of the receiver (`data`) was known in my example. The inference I was talking about was that a buried `0` would imply an array position by default instead of a hash key.
>>
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>> ----------------------------------------
>> Feature #11747: "bury" feature, similar to 'dig' but opposite
>> https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11747#change-55211
>>
>> * Author: damien sutevski
>> * Status: Feedback
>> * Priority: Normal
>> * Assignee: Yukihiro Matsumoto
>> ----------------------------------------
>> In Matz's recent Rubyconf talk, he used this example for the new 'dig' feature coming in Ruby 2.3:
>>
>> ~~~ruby
>> # we want this
>> data[:users][0][:name]
>>
>> # we can do this w/o nil errors
>> data.dig(:users, 0, :name)
>> ~~~
>>
>> What I'm proposing is a 'bury' feature that is the opposite of 'dig' in a sense. It inserts a value at an arbitrary depth, for example:
>>
>> ~~~ruby
>> data.bury(:users, 0, :name, 'Matz')
>> ~~~
>>
>> This will create a nested hash or an array automatically at each step if it doesn't already exist, and that can be inferred from the what the user is passing (such as a symbol or string for a hash or an integer for an array). It's similar to autovivification but more powerful!
>>
>> This behavior is very common, at least in my experience, so a dry method built into Ruby would be awesome!
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/
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