A ruby like tap method for kotlin, except for any type

tap.kt

/**
 * Provide a means to fluently tap into a chain of method calls so as not to need to declare unnecessary variables
 * */
public fun <T : Any, R> T.tap(tap: (T) -> R): T {
  tap(this)
  return this
}

// here's an example where I'm in a fluent builder and I'd like to log the URI of the request without introducing a variable
val response = this.builds.queryParam("locator", "buildType:{buildTypeId},count:1,personal:false,canceled:false")
        ?.resolveTemplate("buildTypeId", buildTypeId)
        ?.tap { logger.message("Requesting last finished build ${it?.getUri()}") }
        ?.request()
        ?.get(javaClass<Builds>());
        
// much like let from https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/blob/b20b406d8e42f2a6eae708efcf40b25e8771e98e/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/Standard.kt
public inline fun <T : Any, R> T.let(f: (T) -> R): R = f(this)