From: matz@... Date: 2017-05-13T00:35:08+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:81132] [Ruby trunk Feature#13559][Feedback] Change implementation of Feature #6721 Issue #13559 has been updated by matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto). Status changed from Open to Feedback Why? I don't understand the reason behind your statement 'cleaner and more logical'. Return values from `itself` and `yield_self` are semantically different. Unifying them would make static analytics more difficult. Is there any reason over it? Matz. ---------------------------------------- Feature #13559: Change implementation of Feature #6721 https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/13559#change-64782 * Author: dunrix (Damon Unrix) * Status: Feedback * Priority: Normal * Assignee: * Target version: ---------------------------------------- Hi, please reconsider implementation of feature request #6721 planned for Ruby 2.5.0 . Instead of introducing new method `Object#yield_self`, just reuse existing `Object#itself` by taking an optional block argument. Find it much clearer and more logical solution, not superfluous polluting of API space. `Object#itself` just returns target object, optional block would return alternative value with target object passed as block argument. Prototyped sol. in Ruby: ~~~ class Object def itself block_given? ? yield(self) : self end end ~~~ Not aware of any case, where it would break backward compatibility. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: