[Rails] Re: why use rescue nil?

Alson you could just use where:
  @user = User.where(:id => params[:user_id]).first

On Wednesday, June 20, 2012 3:29:25 AM UTC+3, John Merlino wrote:

Hey all,

I saw this piece of code:

@user = User.find(params[:user_id]) rescue nil

why rescue with a nil here? If the user is not found, it will be nil
anyway.

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