Breakdown of this Ruby code?
- by randombits
Would anyone be kind enough to dissect the merge! method? Its usage of conditions and variable assignment looks rather terse, and I'm having a difficult time following it. Would love to hear a Ruby-savvy developer break this apart.
module ActiveRecord
class Errors
def merge!(errors, options={})
fields_to_merge = if only=options[:only]
only
elsif except=options[:except]
except = [except] unless except.is_a?(Array)
except.map!(&:to_sym)
errors.entries.map(&:first).select do |field|
!except.include?(field.to_sym)
end
else
errors.entries.map(&:first)
end
fields_to_merge = [fields_to_merge] unless fields_to_merge.is_a?(Array)
fields_to_merge.map!(&:to_sym)
errors.entries.each do |field, msg|
add field, msg if fields_to_merge.include?(field.to_sym)
end
end
end
end
