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Feature #10270

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Hash#insert

Added by atlas (Atlas Prime) about 10 years ago. Updated about 10 years ago.

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Target version:
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[ruby-core:65171]

Description

Hash doesn't appear to have a "safe" way to insert an entry that won't clobber another key if it is already there. So how about:

class Hash

  # Like Hash#store but only stores if the key isn't already
  # in the hash. Returns true if inserted, otherwise false.
  #
  def insert(name, value)
    if key?(name)
      false
    else
      store(name,value)
      true
    end
  end

end
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