From: sawadatsuyoshi@... Date: 2016-02-16T15:28:06+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:73848] [Ruby trunk Feature#12075] some container#nonempty? Issue #12075 has been updated by Tsuyoshi Sawada. Regarding the first point: Shyouhei Urabe wrote: > No, the OP wants to detect things that are _not_ empty. This is not what blank? means. Yes, I meant that `blank?` is the opposite of what OP wants. `present?` is what the OP wants. ---------------------------------------- Feature #12075: some container#nonempty? https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/12075#change-57021 * Author: Yui NARUSE * Status: Assigned * Priority: Normal * Assignee: Yukihiro Matsumoto ---------------------------------------- I sometimes write following code. ``` ary = some_metho_returns_nil_or_empty_container() # nil or "" or [] or {} if ary && !ary.empty? # some code end ``` But the condition `ary && !ary.empty?` is too long and complex. Though Ruby 2.3 introduces `&.`, but this can���t be written as `ary&.empty?`. One idea is add `nonempty?` write as `ary&.nonempty?`. akr: `nonempty?` is not good name because human is not good at handling This discussion matches following core classes: * String * Array * Hash -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: