[ruby-core:95024] [Ruby master Feature#15381] Let double splat call `to_hash` implicitly

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Issue #15381 has been updated by Eregon (Benoit Daloze).


`nil` does not respond to `to_hash` though, how do you propose to deal with that?

Should `**` call `to_h` rather than `to_hash`, similar to `*` calling `to_a` and not `to_ary`?

Your comment https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15381#note-1 shows that, but I read the mailing list and that doesn't include the edit.

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Feature #15381: Let double splat call `to_hash` implicitly
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15381#change-81651

* Author: sawa (Tsuyoshi Sawada)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Target version: 
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The single splat calls `to_a` implicitly on the object (if it is not an array already) so that, for example, we have the convenience of writing conditions in an array literal:

```ruby
a = [
  *(:foo if some_condition),
  *(:bar if another_condition),
]
```

And the ampersand implicitly calls `to_proc` on the object (if it is not a proc already) so that we can substitute a block with an ampersand followed by a symbol:

```ruby
some_method(&:some_method_name)
```

Unlike the single splat and ampersand, the double splat does not seem to implicitly call a corresponding method. I propose that the double splat should call `to_hash` implicitly on the object if it not already a hash so that we can, for example, write a condition in a hash literal as follows:

```ruby
h = {
  **({a: 1} if some_condition),
  **({b: 2) if another_condition),
}
```

There may be some other benefits of this feature that I have not noticed yet.



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