From: Eivind Eklund <eeklund@...>
Date: 2007-06-25T15:49:48+09:00
Subject: Re: avoiding nil.methodcalls short and cheap

On 6/23/07, Daniel DeLorme <dan-ml@dan42.com> wrote:
> Thorsten Rossner wrote:
> > textvalue = xmltag.get_text.value if xmltag.get_text
>
> This the solution I use in *my* code for this common problem:
>    textvalue = xmltag.get_text.ergo.value
>
> This is my personal solution and I've never seen anyone use something
> like this, so it may not be a "common and accepted idiom" but it works
> well for me. YMMV
>
> code for "ergo":

(... deleted ...)

I love the solution, and have one question: Is there any deeper
rationale behind the name "ergo"?

Eivind.