@@ -14,6 +14,17 @@ yak hair, the occasionally-occurring product of simplifying various tasks. == FEATURES +=== #try + +Yoda was wrong; there <i>is</i> a <b>##try</b>, and it can save you from having to repeat this idiom +all over your code. + + @person ? @person.name : nil + +Be DRY. Just use <b>##try</b> and enjoy the same functionality: + + @person.try(:name) + === #not Tired of reading a negated conditional statement only to have to <i>reread</i> it in order to grok its intention? @@ -21,7 +32,7 @@ intention? !password.blank? || !password_confirmation.blank? It's not rocket surgery by any stretch, but it's still unnecessary effort for the reader. Instead, use -<b>##not</b> to write more readable and expressive code: +<b>##not</b> to write more readable and expressive code. password.not.blank? || password_confirmation.not.blank? README.rdoc b426a7f05adabe9e6c4b16e261b2a9cf768a7608 Jason Rudolph github@jasonrudolph.com http://github.com/relevance/obsidian/commit/243e7e9cd88afdd1f9f4ad4badd4d1e3d036aac0 243e7e9cd88afdd1f9f4ad4badd4d1e3d036aac0 2008-11-14T08:46:17-08:00 2008-11-14T08:46:17-08:00 Add documentation for #try c38a76aa86c8c560ee130a011fe9ced42309c932 Jason Rudolph github@jasonrudolph.com