Move Hash#except and Hash#except! into Twitter::Exceptable module

lib/twitter/api/utils.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require 'twitter/core_ext/enumerable'
-require 'twitter/core_ext/hash'
 require 'twitter/core_ext/kernel'
 require 'twitter/cursor'
 require 'twitter/user'

lib/twitter/exceptable.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+module Twitter
+  module Exceptable
+
+    # Return a hash that includes everything but the given keys.
+    #
+    # @param hash [Hash]
+    # @param key [Symbol]
+    # @return [Hash]
+    def except(hash, key)
+      except!(hash.dup, key)
+    end
+
+    # Replaces the hash without the given keys.
+    #
+    # @param hash [Hash]
+    # @param key [Symbol]
+    # @return [Hash]
+    def except!(hash, key)
+      hash.delete(key)
+      hash
+    end
+
+  end
+end

lib/twitter/tweet.rb

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-require 'twitter/core_ext/hash'
 require 'twitter/creatable'
 require 'twitter/entity/hashtag'
 require 'twitter/entity/url'
 require 'twitter/entity/user_mention'
+require 'twitter/exceptable'
 require 'twitter/geo_factory'
 require 'twitter/identity'
 require 'twitter/media_factory'
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 module Twitter
   class Tweet < Twitter::Identity
     include Twitter::Creatable
+    include Twitter::Exceptable
     attr_reader :favorited, :favoriters, :from_user_id, :from_user_name,
       :in_reply_to_screen_name, :in_reply_to_attrs_id, :in_reply_to_status_id,
       :in_reply_to_user_id, :iso_language_code, :profile_image_url,
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ def urls
 
     # @return [Twitter::User]
     def user
-      @user ||= Twitter::User.fetch_or_new(@attrs.dup[:user].merge(:status => @attrs.except(:user))) if user?
+      @user ||= Twitter::User.fetch_or_new(@attrs.dup[:user].merge(:status => except(@attrs, :user))) if user?
     end
 
     # @note Must include entities in your request for this method to work

lib/twitter/user.rb

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 require 'twitter/basic_user'
-require 'twitter/core_ext/hash'
 require 'twitter/creatable'
+require 'twitter/exceptable'
 require 'twitter/tweet'
 
 module Twitter
   class User < Twitter::BasicUser
     PROFILE_IMAGE_SUFFIX_REGEX = /_normal(\.gif|\.jpe?g|\.png)$/
     include Twitter::Creatable
+    include Twitter::Exceptable
     attr_reader :connections, :contributors_enabled, :default_profile,
       :default_profile_image, :description, :favourites_count,
       :follow_request_sent, :followers_count, :friends_count, :geo_enabled,
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ def profile_image_url?
 
     # @return [Twitter::Tweet]
     def status
-      @status ||= Twitter::Tweet.fetch_or_new(@attrs.dup[:status].merge(:user => @attrs.except(:status))) if status?
+      @status ||= Twitter::Tweet.fetch_or_new(@attrs.dup[:status].merge(:user => except(@attrs, :status))) if status?
     end
 
     def status?