tadman
2016-10-28 02:24:32
You could have some fun with monkey-patching the core classes involved:
class Object
def crush
self
end
end
class Array
def crush
r = map(&:crush).compact
r.empty? ? nil : r
end
end
class Hash
def crush
r = each_with_object({ }) do |(k, v), h|
if (_v = v.crush)
h[k] = _v
end
end
r.empty? ? nil : r
end
end
It's an unusual thing to want to do, but if you do need it done writing a method like crush might help.
I like this approach. It seems to work with the exception of the Array#crush method. An array with a hash that has keys with empty values don't get compacted. I'm going to play around for a bit to see if I can get it to work