whiny_find(*args)

:-D

What about sticking with find, but pass an argument, say ":except =>
true" in when we want the behavior to raise an exception instead of
returning nil?

or perhaps:  findx(*args)

(find with eXception)

Michael
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 8:25 PM, Jeremy Evans <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sequel::Model does not currently have a method for finding the first
> matching instance or raising an exception.  Historically, the methods that
> return individual rows return nil if no rows match.  I think that's a good
> default, but in some cases you want an error to be raised (akin to
> ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound).
>
> I'd like this method to basically be the following code:
>
>   def (Sequel::Model).METHOD_NAME(*args)
>      self[*args] || raise Sequel::EXCEPTION_NAME
>   end
>
> My main concern when adding this method is naming.  What should the method
> and exception names be?
>
> Method naming is problematic.  .find is already used and works differently,
> same with .first.  Using .find! or .first! is problematic as that implies
> the method works just like .find or .first, and .[] operates differently.
> .[]! is not valid syntax.  If anyone has suggestions for the method name,
> please speak up.
>
> Exception naming I'm not very concerned with.  We could be just like
> ActiveRecord and use Sequel::RecordNotFound, but I'm open to suggestions
> there as well.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeremy
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