Active Support Helpers

cherry_picked_active_support.rb

# "In order to have a near-zero default footprint, Active Support does not 
# load anything by default. It is broken in small pieces so that you can 
# load just what you need, and also has some convenience entry points to 
# load related extensions in one shot, even everything."
require 'active_support'

# https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/master/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/blank.rb
require 'active_support/core_ext/object/blank'

# https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/master/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/inclusion.rb
require 'active_support/core_ext/object/inclusion'

# https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/master/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb
# http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/Object.html#method-i-try
require 'active_support/core_ext/object/try'