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Feature #10095

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Object#as

Added by matsuda (Akira Matsuda) over 9 years ago. Updated almost 7 years ago.

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Closed
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Target version:
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[ruby-core:64039]

Description

We've had so many times of feature requests for a method similar to Object#tap that doesn't return self but returns the given block's execution result (e.g. #7388, #6684, #6721 ).

I'm talking about something like this in Ruby of course:

Object.class_eval { def as() yield(self) end }

IIRC Matz is not against introducing this feature but he didn't like any of the names proposed in the past, such as embed, do, identity, ergo, reference, yield_self, itself, apply, map, tap!, etc.

So, let us propose a new name, Object#as today.
It's named from the aspect of the feature that it gives the receiver a new name "as" a block local variable.
For instance, the code reads so natural and intuitive like this:

(1 + 2 + 3 + 4).as {|x| x ** 2}
=> 100

Array.new.as {|a| a << 1; a << 2}
=> [1, 2]

Files

itself-block.patch (1.35 KB) itself-block.patch add optional block to #itself phluid61 (Matthew Kerwin), 08/08/2014 02:12 AM

Related issues 3 (0 open3 closed)

Is duplicate of Ruby master - Feature #6721: Object#yield_selfClosedmatz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)Actions
Has duplicate Ruby master - Feature #12760: Optional block argument for `itself`ClosedActions
Has duplicate Ruby master - Feature #13172: Method that yields object to block and returns resultClosedActions
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