[Dbix-class] Return value of DBIx::Class::ResultSet::find()

Bernhard Graf dbic3 at augensalat.de
Tue May 15 21:31:16 GMT 2007


Matt S Trout wrote:

> On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 10:25:16PM +0200, Bernhard Graf wrote:
> > So since find() is not designed to return lists, to be consistent
> > it should always return a single value: either a row object or
> > undef.
> >
> > Objections?
>
> I'm now convinced.
>
> Patch and test please, if you get 'em in by the end of the week we
> can try it for the 08 rc cycle and see if it breaks anybody's code.

Looking at the code brings me to this question:

Shouldn't next() and single() return undef instead of empty list for 
"not found" too?
-- 
Bernhard Graf



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