From: ruby-core@...
Date: 2015-07-19T13:37:41+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:70042] [Ruby trunk - Feature #11361] proposal for easy method to nil-guard for generated variable name.

Issue #11361 has been updated by Marc-Andre Lafortune.


Isn't this simpler (and easier to read):

    @cache ||= {}
    @cache[id] ||= User.find(1)

I can't recall ever needing to do what you want to do.

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Feature #11361: proposal for easy method to nil-guard for generated variable name.
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11361#change-53465

* Author: masaki yamada
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
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It's easy to 'nil-guard' for normal variable.

~~~
def user
  @user ||= User.find(1)
end

~~~


but it's not simple for generated variable name.

~~~
def user(id)
  variable_name = "@user_#{id}"
  instance_variable_set(variable_name, User.find(id)) unless instance_variable_defined?(variable_name)
  instance_variable_get(variable_name)
end
~~~


I want to write it like this.

~~~
def user(id)
  instance_variable_get_or_set("@user_#{id}") { User.find(1) }
end
~~~


it can be implemented by this code.

~~~
def instance_variable_get_or_set(variable_name, &block)
  instance_variable_set(variable_name, block.call) unless instance_variable_defined?(variable_name)
  instance_variable_get(variable_name)
end
~~~



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