[ruby-core:44709] [ruby-trunk - Feature #6373] public #self

Issue #6373 has been updated by duerst (Martin D端rst).


#identity (or whatever it's called) is quite important in functional languages. It's handy to pass to another function that e.g. uses it as an argument to map,... So I think it's a good idea to add it.

The name should be identity or id (Haskell) or some such.

Making self public sounds impressive, but first, it doesn't expose anything new (it's the object itself, which is already accessible) an second, I feel it's the wrong name, because #idenity essentially only makes sense in locations in a program where the actual object isn't directly around.
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Feature #6373: public #self
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6373#change-26270

Author: trans (Thomas Sawyer)
Status: Assigned
Priority: Normal
Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Category: core
Target version: 2.0.0


=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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