Add pattern matching support to Gem::Platform #9062
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What was the end-user or developer problem that led to this PR?
Ruby 2.7+ introduced pattern matching, but
Gem::Platformdoes not support it. This makes platform-specific conditional logic more verbose than necessary, particularly when routing gem installations or filtering platforms.The current approach requires multiple conditionals or case statements with equality checks:
What is your fix for the problem, implemented in this PR?
Added
deconstructanddeconstruct_keysmethods toGem::Platformto enable pattern matching syntax.Implementation:
deconstructaliases the existingto_amethod for array pattern matching, returning[cpu, os, version]deconstruct_keysreturns a hash with keys:cpu,:os, and:versionThis enables platform-based pattern matching:
Or extracting specific components:
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