Reduce the « 1 billion dollar mistake »!
Ruby 2.3 introduces the « safe navigation operator » &.. It allows you to chain methods without risking an undefined method ‘xx’ for nil (NoMethodError). This code is almost equivalent to the version with &&…
Almost equivalent, because the « safe navigation operator » short-circuits the method call only if the receiver is nil. But false is not nil!
When you chain several methods, you’ll need to set it for each call if you start using it (in 99% of cases).
Link to Ruby documentation for the safe navigation operator.
