From: Stefan Rusterholz <apeiros@...>
Date: 2007-07-20T06:37:58+09:00
Subject: Re: RCR? Added syntax for chains that possibly return nil

gabriele renzi wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:31:01 +0900, Stefan Rusterholz wrote:
> 
> 
>> Do you think this RCR is worth to make?
> 
> Sorry, I may have missed this in the previous thread, but why an inline
> rescue clause is not enough?

>  while line = gets.chomp rescue nil
>   foo = bar.baz.quuz rescue default
>  end

Simple: what if your exception is not the NoMethodError you are worried 
about? You'll never know.
Or less dramatic: a bug may stay in your app unnoticed for longer than 
necessary.

Regards
Stefan

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