From 334b41a46b2a1a72965494dcecc6fe73a83f4490 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Evans <code@jeremyevans.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 12:15:01 -0700
Subject: Allow ** syntax to be used for calling methods that do not accept
 keywords

Treat the ** syntax as passing a copy of the hash as the last
positional argument.  If the hash being double splatted is empty, do
not add a positional argument.

Remove rb_no_keyword_hash, no longer needed.
---
 vm.c | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

(limited to 'vm.c')

diff --git a/vm.c b/vm.c
index c727554483..cbd7b31f3e 100644
--- a/vm.c
+++ b/vm.c
@@ -2779,9 +2779,6 @@ static VALUE core_hash_merge_kwd(VALUE hash, VALUE kw);
 static VALUE
 core_hash_merge(VALUE hash, long argc, const VALUE *argv)
 {
-    if (hash == rb_no_keyword_hash) {
-	hash = rb_hash_new();
-    }
     Check_Type(hash, T_HASH);
     VM_ASSERT(argc % 2 == 0);
     rb_hash_bulk_insert(argc, argv, hash);
@@ -2815,8 +2812,6 @@ m_core_hash_merge_kwd(VALUE recv, VALUE hash, VALUE kw)
 static VALUE
 core_hash_merge_kwd(VALUE hash, VALUE kw)
 {
-    if (RHASH_EMPTY_P(hash) && kw == rb_no_keyword_hash)
-	return rb_no_keyword_hash;
     rb_hash_foreach(rb_to_hash_type(kw), kwmerge_i, hash);
     return hash;
 }
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