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Feature #8643

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Add Binding.from_hash

Added by rosenfeld (Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas) over 10 years ago. Updated over 2 years ago.

Status:
Rejected
Target version:
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[ruby-core:56041]

Description

Binding.from_hash would work like:

class Binding
  def self.from_hash(hash)
    OpenStruct.new(hash){ binding }
  end
end

It would simplify things like:

ERB.new(IO.read 'template.erb').result Binding.from_hash(template_local: 'example')

Or if you need to eval some code in another process (JRuby, for instance) and need to pass some arguments to the eval code in a hash form.

I didn't want to pollute Hash by adding Hash#to_binding. I believe Binding.from_hash is more appropriate.


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feature-8643.pdf (19 KB) feature-8643.pdf Proposal slide rosenfeld (Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas), 06/26/2014 12:40 PM

Related issues 1 (0 open1 closed)

Related to Ruby master - Feature #8631: Add a new method to ERB to allow assigning the local variables from a hashClosedk0kubun (Takashi Kokubun)Actions

Updated by rosenfeld (Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas) over 10 years ago

Whoops. I can't update the description. The implementation should be:

OpenStruct.new(hash).instance_eval { binding }

Updated by Anonymous over 10 years ago

Personally I think hash keys should be local variables in the binding, not method calls against self.

It's hard to express this in Ruby, but this can easily be done from the C side.

Updated by Anonymous over 10 years ago

PS: I'm neutral towards this feature. I've got no strong feelings that it should or shouldn't be part of Ruby.

Updated by rosenfeld (Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas) over 10 years ago

I don't mind on it being a local var in the binding since it should work either way, just an implementation detail I'd say... Maybe other Ruby implementations might prefer to use them as methods?

Updated by ko1 (Koichi Sasada) over 10 years ago

  • Assignee set to ko1 (Koichi Sasada)

What do you think about [Feature #8761]?

Usage:

def get_empty_binding
  binding
end
...
b = get_empty_binding
hash.each{|k, v|
  b.local_variable_set(k, v)
}
# use b

I think that Binding#local_variable_set() can be extended to accept one hash parameter (pairs of local variable name and value).

b = get_empty_binding
b.local_variable_set(hash)
b.local_variable_set(a: 1, b: 2)

Updated by rosenfeld (Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas) over 10 years ago

I don't quite understand how that would help me, Koichi.

How could I use #8761 to get the same result as the example in the description?

ERB.new(IO.read 'template.erb').result Binding.from_hash(template_local: 'example')

My current alternative is:

ERB.new(IO.read 'template.erb').result OpenStruct.new(template_local: 'example'){ binding }

How would #8761 make it easier for me?

Updated by rosenfeld (Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas) over 10 years ago

In other words, I want an easier way to convert a hash to a binding. I first thought about Hash#to_binding but it didn't feel right to me...

Updated by ko1 (Koichi Sasada) over 10 years ago

(2013/08/09 22:10), rosenfeld (Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas) wrote:

In other words, I want an easier way to convert a hash to a binding. I first thought about Hash#to_binding but it didn't feel right to me...

Ok. Maybe I misunderstood your proposal.

What is conversion from Hash to Binding?
I think it is Binding has a local variables which specified pairs in Hash.

hash = {a: 1, b: 2}
b = Binding.to_hash(hash)
eval("p [a, b]", b) #=> [1, 2]

Could you explain what do you want?

--
// SASADA Koichi at atdot dot net

Updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada) over 10 years ago

(13/08/09 23:34), SASADA Koichi wrote:

What is conversion from Hash to Binding?
I think it is Binding has a local variables which specified pairs in Hash.

hash = {a: 1, b: 2}
b = Binding.to_hash(hash)

Binding.from_hash ?

Updated by ko1 (Koichi Sasada) over 10 years ago

nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada) wrote:

Binding.from_hash ?

Yes.

Updated by rosenfeld (Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas) over 10 years ago

Koichi-san, that's correct:

eval 'p a, b', Binding.from_hash(a: 1, b: 2) #=> 1, 2

Updated by rosenfeld (Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas) over 10 years ago

I didn't notice I replied only to Koichi Sasada when replying to the ruby-core list. Is it possible to set it up so that the reply-to field is set to ruby-core?

Here is some discussion from us from those e-mails so that everyone could have access to it:

(2013/08/10 20:47), Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas wrote:

I'm not sure how else to explain it

The only API example I know that requires a binding is the ERB one

It's designed to be used this way:

a = 1
b = 2
erb.result binding # both a and b are available inside the template as
well as other methods and variables, like erb
Koichi wrote:

Please try:

require 'erb'
bind = binding
bind.local_variable_set(:a, 1)
bind.local_variable_set(:b, 2)
puts ERB.new("<%= a %> and <%= b %>").result(bind)
#=> 1 and 2

That works, but it is too much trouble for a simple requirements and
besides that more methods and variables may leak when using the current
binding.

That's why people will often use the "OpenStruct.new(hash){binding}"
trick, since it's much shorter, but still a hack in my opinion.

This is often used in automation tools like Chef or Puppet where the
recipe settings (stored as a hash, usually) should be available for some
templates.

Suppose you have the NewRelic settings under settings[:new_relic] hash
(eg.: { application_name: 'My App', enable_rum: true })

In such cases, when generating the newrelic.yml from a newrelic.yml.erb
template, those tools would process it as:

File.write 'newrelic/location/newrelic.yml', ERB.new(File.read 'path/to/newrelic.yml.erb').result OpenStruct.new(settings[:new_relic]){binding}

That's why I've created two tickets based on this common requirement. On
this specific one I'm suggesting a Binding.from_hash(hash) to make it
easier to get a binding from a hash for usage in such API's. The other
one suggested ERB to accept also a hash, instead of a binding for #result.

Updated by rosenfeld (Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas) over 10 years ago

Koichi then replied with:

I'm not sure what methods and variables are leaks.

For example, only "make_binding" mathod is leaked.

def make_binding(hash)
  __b = binding
  hash.each{|k, v|
    __b.local_variable_set(k, v)
  }
  __b
end

created_binding = make_binding(a: 1, b: 2)
...

Updated by rosenfeld (Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas) over 10 years ago

For that tiny script, this is true, Koichi, but usually we get a binding from some class, so all methods would be available as well as other intermediary local variables in the method calling erb#results.

Like this:

class A
  def a
    1
  end

  def b
    eval 'p a', binding
  end
end
A.new.b # a has leaked

Updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada) over 7 years ago

Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas wrote:

The other one suggested ERB to accept also a hash, instead of a binding for #result.

It feels better to me.

Updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada) over 7 years ago

  • Description updated (diff)

Updated by rosenfeld (Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas) over 7 years ago

Nobuyoshi Nakada wrote:

Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas wrote:

The other one suggested ERB to accept also a hash, instead of a binding for #result.

It feels better to me.

Either one is fine to me as long as I can easily pass locals to ERB from a hash using a proper API :) Since this is the only use case I have in mind for Binding.from_hash I agree with you that passing a hash to ERB constructor feels better.

Updated by rosenfeld (Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas) over 7 years ago

It seems this feature is not related at all to #8439, could you please review it and remove the related feature? Please relate this ticket to #8631 instead.

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Updated by shyouhei (Shyouhei Urabe) over 7 years ago

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Updated by shyouhei (Shyouhei Urabe) over 7 years ago

  • Related to Feature #8631: Add a new method to ERB to allow assigning the local variables from a hash added

Updated by shyouhei (Shyouhei Urabe) over 7 years ago

Ticket links changed.

Updated by ko1 (Koichi Sasada) about 7 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Feedback

Can I close this issue?

Updated by rosenfeld (Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas) about 7 years ago

If #8631 was accepted, I think it could be okay to close this one as this is the only use-case for this I've needed so far. But before #8631 is accepted, this one would be also a good alternative...

Updated by k0kubun (Takashi Kokubun) almost 7 years ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Rejected

Since [Feature #8631] is accepted, closing this ticket.

Updated by rosenfeld (Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas) almost 7 years ago

Yes, it makes sense. Thanks a lot! :)

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Updated by hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA) over 2 years ago

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