I just came across a situation where it would be extremely handy to have a method that returns the receiver.
Imagine the following example: filter = %w(with_votes without_votes).include?(params[:filter]) ? params[:filter].to_sym : :self Idea.published.send(filter).all The implementation would be pretty simple: class Object def self self end end Should this be a part of Rails? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-c...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en.