Rename Object#self to Object#itself to have parity with matz sanctioned method name for Ruby 2.2

Author: David Heinemeier Hansson

activesupport/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-*   Added Object#self which returns the object itself. Useful when dealing with a chaining scenario, like Active Record scopes:
+*   Added Object#itself which returns the object itself. Useful when dealing with a chaining scenario, like Active Record scopes:
 
-        Event.public_send(state.presence_in?([ :trashed, :drafted ]) ? :self).order(:created_at)
+        Event.public_send(state.presence_in?([ :trashed, :drafted ]) || :itself).order(:created_at)
 
     *DHH*
 

activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object.rb

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 require 'active_support/core_ext/object/blank'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/object/duplicable'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/object/deep_dup'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/object/self'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/object/itself'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/object/try'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/object/inclusion'
 

…b/active_support/core_ext/object/self.rb …active_support/core_ext/object/itself.rbactivesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/self.rb renamed to activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/itself.rb activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/self.rb renamed to activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/itself.rb

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 class Object
   # Returns the object itself. Useful when dealing with a chaining scenario, like Active Record scopes:
   #
-  #   Event.public_send(state.presence_in?([ :trashed, :drafted ]) ? :self).order(:created_at)
+  #   Event.public_send(state.presence_in?([ :trashed, :drafted ]) || :itself).order(:created_at)
   #   
   # @return Object
-  def self
+  def itself
     self
   end
 end

…upport/test/core_ext/object/self_test.rb …port/test/core_ext/object/itself_test.rbactivesupport/test/core_ext/object/self_test.rb renamed to activesupport/test/core_ext/object/itself_test.rb activesupport/test/core_ext/object/self_test.rb renamed to activesupport/test/core_ext/object/itself_test.rb

@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 class Object::SelfTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   test 'self returns self' do
     object = 'fun'
-    assert_equal object, object.self
+    assert_equal object, object.itself
   end
 end