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Add `to_b` and `to_h` to `JS::Object`

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, ruby, wasm
Domain
api, backend

Research direction

Use the requested JS::Object methods and the Ruby examples as the acceptance criteria. Start by locating the JS::Object implementation and its existing conversion behavior; then verify that JavaScript booleans become Ruby booleans and JavaScript objects become Ruby Hashes, including the example values.

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Description

I would like to suggest adding to_b and to_h to JS::Object, to convert into a ruby boolean respective hash.

to_b → boolean
Converts self to true or false:

JS.eval("return true").to_b        # => true
JS.eval("return false").to_b       # => false

to_h → hash
Converts self to a Hash:

JS.eval("return {foo: 'bar'}").to_h         # => { "foo" => "bar" }
Dominant language
Ruby
Stars
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Forks
68
Avg merge
9d 5h
Merged PRs (30d)
1

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