4 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/CHANGELOG.md b/activesupport/CHANGELOG.md
index 35be823ea1..43fb87f203 100644
--- a/activesupport/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/activesupport/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+*   Added `#without` on `Enumerable` and `Array` to return a copy of an
+    enumerable without the specified elements.
+
+    *Todd Bealmear*
+
 *   Fixed a problem where String#truncate_words would get stuck with a complex
     string.
 
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/array/grouping.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/array/grouping.rb
index 87ae052eb0..b3ada47880 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/array/grouping.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/array/grouping.rb
@@ -113,4 +113,16 @@ class Array
       results
     end
   end
+
+  # Returns a copy of the Array without the specified elements.
+  #
+  #   people = ["David", "Rafael", "Aaron", "Todd"]
+  #   people.without "Aaron", "Todd"
+  #     => ["David", "Rafael"]
+  #
+  # Note: This is an optimization of `Enumerable#without` that uses `Array#-`
+  # instead of `Array#reject` for performance reasons.
+  def without(*elements)
+    self - elements
+  end
 end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/enumerable.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/enumerable.rb
index 1343beb87a..d699cf4241 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/enumerable.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/enumerable.rb
@@ -60,6 +60,17 @@ module Enumerable
   def exclude?(object)
     !include?(object)
   end
+
+  # Returns a copy of the enumerable without the specified elements.
+  #
+  #   ["David", "Rafael", "Aaron", "Todd"].without "Aaron", "Todd"
+  #     => ["David", "Rafael"]
+  #
+  #   {foo: 1, bar: 2, baz: 3}.without :bar
+  #     => {foo: 1, baz: 3}
+  def without(*elements)
+    reject { |element| element.in?(elements) }
+  end
 end
 
 class Range #:nodoc:
diff --git a/activesupport/test/core_ext/enumerable_test.rb b/activesupport/test/core_ext/enumerable_test.rb
index 346dc3d208..e5d8ae7882 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/core_ext/enumerable_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/core_ext/enumerable_test.rb
@@ -103,4 +103,11 @@ class EnumerableTests < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal true,  GenericEnumerable.new([ 1 ]).exclude?(2)
     assert_equal false, GenericEnumerable.new([ 1 ]).exclude?(1)
   end
+
+  def test_without
+    assert_equal [1, 2, 4], GenericEnumerable.new((1..5).to_a).without(3, 5)
+    assert_equal [1, 2, 4], (1..5).to_a.without(3, 5)
+    assert_equal [1, 2, 4], (1..5).to_set.without(3, 5)
+    assert_equal({foo: 1, baz: 3}, {foo: 1, bar: 2, baz: 3}.without(:bar))
+  end
 end