New method Object#attempt, similar to Object#try, except returns self instead of nil if method does not exist

rubyonrails-core
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I have run into many cases where I need to attempt to run the method, however if the method does not exist, I would prefer to get the object back, instead of nil.

This is the change I am proposing

module ActiveSupport module Tryable #:nodoc: def try(*a, &b) try!(*a, &b) if a.empty? || respond_to?(a.first) end

# NEW METHOD
def attempt(*a, &b)
  try(*a, &b) || self
end

end end

``