introspection/itself.rb

tests/_examples/introspection/itself.rb in the metorex repository.

class Widget
  def initialize(name)
    @name = name
  end

  def name
    @name
  end
end

widget = Widget.new("gear")
puts widget.itself.name
puts widget.itself.equal?(widget)

puts 42.itself
puts "text".itself
puts :symbol.itself.inspect
puts nil.itself.inspect

numbers = [3, 1, 2]
puts numbers.itself.inspect
puts numbers.map { |value| value.itself }.inspect

puts Widget.itself.name

begin
  widget.itself(1)
rescue ArgumentError => error
  puts error.class
end

Output:

gear
true
42
text
:symbol
nil
[3, 1, 2]
[3, 1, 2]
Widget
ArgumentError