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    <p>Identity function that returns its argument directly. Argument name is
important, as it will extract the literal identity of the object in
the case of a non-destructured match, and the object itself in the
case of a destructured one.</p>


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      <dd><pre class="code"><span class='tlambda'>-&gt;</span> <span class='id identifier rubyid_itself'>itself</span> <span class='tlambeg'>{</span> <span class='id ide