From: Joby Bednar <CodeSlapper@...>
Date: 2005-10-19T06:06:58+09:00
Subject: Re: The Ruby Way to build an object unless nil?

Well, IF you actually want to debug... true... it could cause some
problems, though you could also put in some debug logging or such
before returning nil.  But, with this method (a little pun there) you
can place nil catching at major gatekeeper points in the code instead
of on every line where a nil might be returned.  Especially when one
line would be broken out into numerous.

-J()by
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