[ruby-dev:44780] [ruby-trunk - Feature #5554][Open] A method that applies self to a Proc if self is a Symbol

Issue #5554 has been reported by Tsuyoshi Sawada.

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Feature #5554: A method that applies self to a Proc if self is a Symbol
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/5554

Author: Tsuyoshi Sawada
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
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Target version: 


Often, you want to apply a Proc to self if self is a Symbol, but not do anything if otherwise. In this case, something I call Object#desymbolize may be convenient:

    proc = ->sym{
        case sym
        when :small_icon  then "16pt"
        when :medium_icon then "32pt"
        when :large_icon  then "64pt"
        end
    }
    :small_icon.desymbolize(&proc) => "16pt"
    "18pt".desymbolize(&proc) => "18pt"

An implementation may be as follows:

class Object
	def desymbolize; self end
end
class Symbol
	def desymbolize ≺ pr.call(self) end
end



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