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Update keyword argument description in method syntax guide
Remove discussion of Ruby 2.7 specific handling of keyword argument separation. Add a small example of keyword to positional hash conversion for methods not accepting keyword arguments.
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@ -418,8 +418,8 @@ It is possible to gather arguments at the beginning or in the middle:
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gather_arguments 1, 2, 3, 4 # prints [2, 3]
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The array argument will capture a Hash as the last entry if a hash was sent by
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the caller after all positional arguments.
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The array argument will capture a Hash as the last entry if keywords were
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provided by the caller after all positional arguments.
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def gather_arguments(*arguments)
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p arguments
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@ -491,83 +491,15 @@ Calling such a method with keywords or a non-empty keyword splat will
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result in an ArgumentError. This syntax is supported so that keywords
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can be added to the method later without affected backwards compatibility.
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=== Keyword and Positional Argument Separation
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If a method definition does not accept any keywords, and the
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<code>**nil</code> syntax is not used, any keywords provided when calling
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the method will be converted to a Hash positional argument:
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Between Ruby 2.0 and 2.6, keyword and positional arguments were not
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separated, and a keyword argument could be used as a positional argument
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and vice-versa. In Ruby 3.0, keyword and positional arguments will
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be separated if the method definition includes keyword arguments.
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In Ruby 3.0, if the method definition does not include keyword arguments,
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keyword arguments provided when calling the method will continue to be
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treated as a final positional hash argument.
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In Ruby 2.7, the keyword and positional arguments are not separated,
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but cases where behavior will change in Ruby 3.0 will result in a
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warning being emitted.
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There are a few different types of keyword argument separation issues.
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==== Conversion of Hash to Keywords
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If a method is called with the hash, the hash could be treated as
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keywords:
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def my_method(**keywords)
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keywords
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def meth(arg)
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arg
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end
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my_method({a: 1}) # {:a => 1}
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This occurs even if the hash could be an optional positional argument
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or an element of a rest argument:
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def my_method(hash=nil, **keywords)
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[hash, keywords]
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end
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my_method({a: 1}) # [nil, {:a => 1}]
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def my_method(*args, **keywords)
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[args, keywords]
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end
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my_method({a: 1}) # [[], {:a => 1}]
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However, if the hash is needed for a mandatory positional argument,
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it would not be treated as keywords:
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def my_method(hash, **keywords)
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[hash, keywords]
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end
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my_method({a: 1}) # [{:a => 1}, {}]
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==== Conversion of Keywords to Positional Arguments
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If a method is called with keywords, but it is missing one
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mandatory positional argument, the keywords are converted to
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a hash and the hash used as the mandatory positional argument:
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def my_method(hash, **keywords)
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[hash, keywords]
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end
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my_method(a: 1) # [{:a => 1}, {}]
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This is also true for empty keyword splats:
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kw = {}
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my_method(**kw) # [{}, {}]
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==== Splitting of Positional Hashes or Keywords
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If a method definition accepts specific keywords and not arbitrary keywords,
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keywords or a positional hash may be split if the hash includes both Symbol
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keys and non-Symbol keys and the keywords or positional hash are not needed
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as a mandatory positional argument. In this case, the non-Symbol keys are
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separated into a positional argument hash, and the Symbol keys are used
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as the keyword arguments:
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def my_method(hash=3, a: 4)
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[hash, a]
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end
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my_method(a: 1, 'a' => 2) # [{"a"=>2}, 1]
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my_method({a: 1, 'a' => 2}) # [{"a"=>2}, 1]
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meth(a: 1)
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# => {:a=>1}
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=== Block Argument
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