Builtins.identity.3kaya

Langue: en

Version: March 2009 (fedora - 05/07/09)

Section: 3 (Bibliothèques de fonctions)

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NAME

Builtins::identity - Returns a new reference to the original value.

SYNOPSIS

a identity( a val )

DESCRIPTION

Returns a new reference to the original value - i.e. the 'identity transformation'.


 a = (1,2,3);
 b = identity(a);
 // identical(a,b) == true

Sometimes useful where a function is needed as a parameter.

AUTHORS

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.