# from ActiveSupport class Array # Extracts options from a set of arguments. Removes and returns the last # element in the array if it's a hash, otherwise returns a blank hash. # # def options(*args) # args.extract_options! # end # # options(1, 2) # => {} # options(1, 2, :a => :b) # => {:a=>:b} def extract_options! last.is_a?(::Hash) ? pop : {} end end