Add a Result::ok_or_err method to extract a T from Result<T, T>

library/core/src/result.rs

@@ -1276,6 +1276,41 @@ impl<T, E> Result<Result<T, E>, E> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T> Result<T, T> {
+    /// Returns the [`Ok`] value if `self` is `Ok`, and the [`Err`] value if
+    /// `self` is `Err`.
+    ///
+    /// In other words, this function returns the value (the `T`) of a
+    /// `Result<T, T>`, regardless of whether or not that result is `Ok` or
+    /// `Err`.
+    ///
+    /// This can be useful in conjunction with APIs such as
+    /// [`Atomic*::compare_exchange`], or [`slice::binary_search`][binary_search], but only in
+    /// cases where you don't care if the result was `Ok` or not.
+    ///
+    /// [`Atomic*::compare_exchange`]: crate::sync::atomic::AtomicBool::compare_exchange
+    /// [binary_search]: ../primitive.slice.html#method.binary_search
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// #![feature(ok_or_err)]
+    /// let ok: Result<u32, u32> = Ok(3);
+    /// let err: Result<u32, u32> = Err(4);
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(ok.ok_or_err(), 3);
+    /// assert_eq!(err.ok_or_err(), 4);
+    /// ```
+    #[inline]
+    #[unstable(feature = "ok_or_err", reason = "newly added", issue = "none")]
+    pub const fn ok_or_err(self) -> T {
+        match self {
+            Ok(v) => v,
+            Err(v) => v,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // This is a separate function to reduce the code size of the methods
 #[inline(never)]
 #[cold]

library/core/tests/lib.rs

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 #![feature(never_type)]
 #![feature(unwrap_infallible)]
 #![feature(option_result_unwrap_unchecked)]
+#![feature(ok_or_err)]
 #![feature(option_unwrap_none)]
 #![feature(peekable_peek_mut)]
 #![feature(once_cell)]

library/core/tests/result.rs

@@ -95,6 +95,15 @@ fn test_unwrap_or() {
     assert_eq!(ok_err.unwrap_or(50), 50);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_ok_or_err() {
+    let ok: Result<isize, isize> = Ok(100);
+    let err: Result<isize, isize> = Err(200);
+
+    assert_eq!(ok.ok_or_err(), 100);
+    assert_eq!(err.ok_or_err(), 200);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_unwrap_or_else() {
     fn handler(msg: &'static str) -> isize {