From: daz <dooby@...10.karoo.co.uk>
Date: 2004-05-13T13:08:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Proposal: Object#send(nil) -> self


Gavin Sinclair wrote:
>
> Original poster was me, and I accept that #self(nil) is unpopular, and
> I agree there's something wrong with it.  And yes, #send(:self) would
> help me, and appeals to me aesthetically as well.  But I doubt the
> name is acceptable.  So what about (courtesy of Sascha)
>
>   class Object
>     def yourself
>       self
>     end
>   end
>
>   ...
>
>   xyz.send(:yourself)
>
>   # and of course
>
>   xyz.yourself
>
> I don't care much for the name, but it's a Smalltalk thing, and
> unless Smalltalk people think it sux, then it probably grows on you.
> At least it is unlikely to conflict with a user's class; who has ever
> created a method called 'yourself'?
>
> So, OP is satisfied, and we can probably wrap this thread up now :)
>
> Cheers,
> Gavin
>

'yourself' sux from reflexivity (I know what I mean :) but I think
your solution is cute.  I shall use it in this form:


class Object
  def ego
    self
  end
end

p "The answer is: %d".ego % 42.send(:ego)


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