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+module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
+ module CoreExtensions #:nodoc:
+ module Hash #:nodoc:
+ module Diff
+ # Returns a hash that represents the difference between two hashes.
+ #
+ # Examples:
+ #
+ # {1 => 2}.diff(1 => 2) # => {}
+ # {1 => 2}.diff(1 => 3) # => {1 => 2}
+ # {}.diff(1 => 2) # => {1 => 2}
+ # {1 => 2, 3 => 4}.diff(1 => 2) # => {3 => 4}
+ def diff(h2)
+ self.dup.delete_if { |k, v| h2[k] == v }.merge(h2.dup.delete_if { |k, v| self.has_key?(k) })
+ end
+ end
+ end
+ end
+end