* hash.c, object.c, struct.c, lib/ostruct.rb: add to_h methods.

  [Feature #6276]


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@35452 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e390b9f09a..55c4c41289 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -21,7 +21,13 @@ with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file.
     * added method:
       * added Enumerable#lazy method for lazy enumeration.
 
+  * ENV
+    * aliased method:
+      * ENV.to_h is a new alias for ENV.to_hash
+
   * Hash
+    * added method:
+      * added Hash#to_h as explicit conversion method, like Array#to_a.
     * extended method:
       * Hash#default_proc= can be passed nil to clear the default proc.
 
@@ -41,11 +47,20 @@ with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file.
       * added LoadError#path method to return the file name that could not be
         loaded.
 
+  * NilClass
+    * added method:
+      * added nil.to_h which returns {}
+
   * Signal
     * incompatible changes:
       * Signal.trap raises ArgumentError when :SEGV, :BUS, :ILL, :FPE, :VTALRM
         are specified.
 
+  * Struct
+    * added method:
+      * added Struct#to_h returning values with keys corresponding to the
+        instance variable names.
+
   * Time
     * change return value:
       * Time#to_s returned encoding defaults to US-ASCII but automatically
@@ -63,6 +78,10 @@ with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file.
     * Net::IMAP.default_ssl_port
     * Net::IMAP.default_imaps_port
 
+* ostruct
+  * new methods:
+    * OpenStruct#to_h converts the struct to a hash.
+
 * pathname
   * extended method:
     * Pathname#find returns an enumerator if no block is given.