josefrichter
Hi,
I find myself doing something like this, mostly in tests:
{:ok, new_time} = Time.new(15, 00, 00)
valid_attrs = %{
body: "some body",
time: new_time
}
I wonder if it’s ok to extract the tuple value like this
valid_attrs = %{
body: "some body",
time: Time.new(15, 00, 00) |> elem(1)
}
I know I can do that, the question is whether I should be doing that this way? Thank you
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trisolaran
The downside in this specific case is that you are ignoring possible errors. If
Time.newreturns{:error, :some_error_condition}thensome_error_conditionwill end up in yourvalid_attrsmap. This is in general not good :). But, if you are 100% sure thatTime.newwill always return a valid time, then it’s ok.josefrichter
Yeah I thought about that one. But since it’s only in tests, I guess it’s ok.
stefanchrobot
I think you’re looking for
Time.new!or~T:josefrichter
omg of course