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Diffstat (limited to 'object.c')
-rw-r--r-- | object.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -402,6 +402,23 @@ rb_obj_dup(VALUE obj) return dup; } +/* + * call-seq: + * obj.itself -> an_object + * + * Returns <i>obj</i>. + * + * string = 'my string' #=> "my string" + * string.itself.object_id == string.object_id #=> true + * + */ + +static VALUE +rb_obj_itself(VALUE obj) +{ + return obj; +} + /* :nodoc: */ VALUE rb_obj_init_copy(VALUE obj, VALUE orig) @@ -3302,6 +3319,7 @@ Init_Object(void) rb_define_method(rb_mKernel, "singleton_class", rb_obj_singleton_class, 0); rb_define_method(rb_mKernel, "clone", rb_obj_clone, 0); rb_define_method(rb_mKernel, "dup", rb_obj_dup, 0); + rb_define_method(rb_mKernel, "itself", rb_obj_itself, 0); rb_define_method(rb_mKernel, "initialize_copy", rb_obj_init_copy, 1); rb_define_method(rb_mKernel, "initialize_dup", rb_obj_init_dup_clone, 1); rb_define_method(rb_mKernel, "initialize_clone", rb_obj_init_dup_clone, 1); |