From: "phluid61 (Matthew Kerwin)" <matthew@...>
Date: 2013-06-24T09:02:13+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:55618] [ruby-trunk - Feature #6373] public #self


Issue #6373 has been updated by phluid61 (Matthew Kerwin).


headius (Charles Nutter) wrote:
> Another option based on matz's objection: #reference. We want a method that returns the reference to the object we're calling against. #reference seems logical.
> 
> [1,2,3,4,5,1,2,2,3].group_by(&:reference)

+1.  It's sensible (i.e. anyone who knows OOP knows what 'reference' means), there's no overloading of names, and the intention is clear.

> So defining tap such that it defaults to a no-op function (i.e. does not yield if block not given) seems perfectly valid to me.

I know I'm throwing a lot of paint at this shed, but while I agree that a default noop #tap is valid, I still strongly believe it makes ary.group_by(&:tap) seem like voodoo.  I like #reference a lot.
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Feature #6373: public #self
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6373#change-40107

Author: trans (SYSTEM ERROR)
Status: Feedback
Priority: Normal
Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Category: core
Target version: next minor


=begin
This was recently suggested to me as an extension:

  class Object
    # An identity method that provides access to an object's 'self'.
    #
    # Example:
    #   [1,2,3,4,5,1,2,2,3].group_by(&:identity)
    #   #=> {1=>[1, 1], 2=>[2, 2, 2], 3=>[3, 3], 4=>[4], 5=>[5]}
    #
    def identity
      self
    end
  end

First, is such a method commonly useful enough to warrant existence?

Second, it makes me wonder if #self should be a public method in general.
=end


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