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Issue #13600 has been updated by matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto).

Status changed from Open to Rejected

Function composition should **not** be implemented by `yield_self`.

Matz.


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Feature #13600: yield_self should be chainable/composable
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/13600#change-66375

* Author: avit (Andrew Vit)
* Status: Rejected
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Target version: 
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One of the main use cases that would make `yield_self` a helpful addition is to build functional pipelines (function composition). This is currently not possible since Proc/Lambda do not handle `yield_self` in the expected way.

I believe that `callable.yield_self(&other)` should build up a composition, something like this:


```
class Proc
  def yield_self(&other)
    proc { |input| other.call( self.call(input) ) }
  end
end
```

I originally proposed an example for this using pipe `|` syntax here:

https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10095#note-22

Maybe Proc should use `|` or `&` for this syntax instead of changing `yield_self` directly.



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