Builtins.identity(3kaya)

Builtins.identity3kaya

Returns a new reference to the original value.

Usage

a identity( a val )

Overview

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.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8

Authors

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others ([email protected]). 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.

From kaya 0.4.4-6.2 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.