From: Jeremy Kemper <jeremy@...>
Date: 2005-10-19T04:39:27+09:00
Subject: Re: The Ruby Way to build an object unless nil?

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On Oct 18, 2005, at 12:14 PM, Austin Ziegler wrote:
> One possibility:
>   def mymethod(a = nil)
>     a.attr1.attr2.do_something
>   rescue NoMethodError
>     return nil
>   end

I like that when I'm only concerned with the final value (e.g. in an  
erb template)
   <%= foo.bar.baz rescue nil %>

otherwise,
   if a = foo and b = a.bar then b.baz end

Regards,
jeremy
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