From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: poffice@blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp Delivered-To: poffice@blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp Received: from kankan.nagaokaut.ac.jp (kankan.nagaokaut.ac.jp [133.44.2.24]) by blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3575519C0030 for ; Mon, 2 Nov 2015 10:36:32 +0900 (JST) Received: from voscc.nagaokaut.ac.jp (voscc.nagaokaut.ac.jp [133.44.1.100]) by kankan.nagaokaut.ac.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B66EB5D90E for ; Mon, 2 Nov 2015 11:05:03 +0900 (JST) Received: from neon.ruby-lang.org (neon.ruby-lang.org [221.186.184.75]) by voscc.nagaokaut.ac.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C862952408 for ; Mon, 2 Nov 2015 11:05:03 +0900 (JST) Received: from [221.186.184.76] (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by neon.ruby-lang.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C3FA120477; Mon, 2 Nov 2015 11:05:02 +0900 (JST) X-Original-To: ruby-core@ruby-lang.org Delivered-To: ruby-core@ruby-lang.org Received: from o10.shared.sendgrid.net (o10.shared.sendgrid.net [173.193.132.135]) by neon.ruby-lang.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EDA33120457 for ; Mon, 2 Nov 2015 11:04:58 +0900 (JST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sendgrid.me; h=from:to:references:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:list-id; s=smtpapi; bh=emiJKlSMIvekGK4KE0kDJQSNpXc=; b=vCLQmsW8CNvXgu50SE u6odOxC0GrUlV5T5CDKi2wUuJUHp8y/PxEMdQGVSgu6uLqTXBgyASckei5L0EnZT i9jNb3/cUnhJUd1qOGANnYb34c8TDSZ9FqZLSqYFUc1yxZups3wQSvFy7Wp7aOKn B6M87oO/ny4ezJ3UFWZy1p4Xo= Received: by filter0502p1mdw1.sendgrid.net with SMTP id filter0502p1mdw1.7696.5636C4C62C 2015-11-02 02:04:54.620186147 +0000 UTC Received: from herokuapp.com (ec2-54-226-183-248.compute-1.amazonaws.com [54.226.183.248]) by ismtpd0005p1iad1.sendgrid.net (SG) with ESMTP id AkF1kOv0Tj6oWMc89SBOAg for ; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 02:04:54.564 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2015 02:04:54 +0000 From: gabe@binti.com To: ruby-core@ruby-lang.org Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Redmine-MailingListIntegration-Message-Ids: 45929 X-Redmine-Project: ruby-trunk X-Redmine-Issue-Id: 11643 X-Redmine-Issue-Author: gkop X-Redmine-Sender: gkop X-Mailer: Redmine X-Redmine-Host: bugs.ruby-lang.org X-Redmine-Site: Ruby Issue Tracking System X-Auto-Response-Suppress: All Auto-Submitted: auto-generated X-SG-EID: ync6xU2WACa70kv/Ymy4QrNMhiuLXJG8OTL2vJD1yS4YNfbeDjZq8Vime8ewKCXGJW0gF9yyn7fInJ QN+vcHlpvMusu8tDZc93twN/zF6Qthrb4jv6n+Wq3PoIKZF8i/EiuhBMIiyJepcHmIKZ8zFwPSWmXB A82PEOR4XaQOxZmpEBnDXfjY4bpg++37CJo3 X-ML-Name: ruby-core X-Mail-Count: 71293 Subject: [ruby-core:71293] [Ruby trunk - Feature #11643] [Open] A new method on Hash to grab values out of nested hashes, failing gracefully X-BeenThere: ruby-core@ruby-lang.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: Ruby developers List-Id: Ruby developers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ruby-core-bounces@ruby-lang.org Sender: "ruby-core" Issue #11643 has been reported by Gabe Kopley. ---------------------------------------- Feature #11643: A new method on Hash to grab values out of nested hashes, failing gracefully https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11643 * Author: Gabe Kopley * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: ---------------------------------------- (I posted this to the mailing list last year [0] and received no response, but am inspired to file an issue here based on the positive reception to https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11537 ) This comes up sometimes in Rails programming [1]: `params[:order] && params[:order][:shipping_info] && params[:order][:shipping_info][:country]` or `params[:order][:shipping_info][:country] rescue nil` or `params.fetch(:order, {}).fetch(:shipping_info, {}).fetch(:country, nil)` What if Hash gave us a method to accomplish this more concisely and semantically? Eg. `params.traverse_nested_hashes_and_return_nil_if_a_key_isnt_found(:order, :shipping_info, :country)` Or to take a nice method name suggestion [2]: `params.dig(:order, :shipping_info, :country)` Another example solution is https://github.com/intridea/hashie#deepfetch (Although I don't like "fetch" in this method name since it doesn't and can't take a default value as an argument like Hash#fetch does) What do you all think? [0] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ruby-core-google/guleNgEJWcM [1] https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-core/bOkvcvS3t_A/QXLEXwt9ivAJ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1820451/ruby-style-how-to-check-whether-a-nested-hash-element-exists https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19115838/how-do-i-use-the-fetch-method-for-nested-hash https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10130726/ruby-access-multidimensional-hash-and-avoid-access-nil-object [2] http://stackoverflow.com/a/1820492/283398 -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/