#pluck in memory should return nil values (non-compacted)

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    • Type: Improvement
    • Resolution: Fixed
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    • 8.0.1
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      Currently, #pluck in memory (i.e. on embedded docs) compacts the result before returning, i.e. it removes any `nil` values.

      This is undesirable because:

      1. nil values are useful information, for example, if I want to compare # of nil vs. non-nil.
      2. The number of plucked results returned may not match the number of documents.
      3. Mongoid::Criteria#pluck (aggregable) does return nil values, so memory pluck is not consistent with Mongoid.
      4. ActiveSupport's Array#pluck does return nil values.

              Assignee:
              Oleg Pudeyev (Inactive)
              Reporter:
              Johnny Shields
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