[question] Best Practices?

[mikegee]

I installed this gem and started casting objects to nil, but I haven't recouped my initial investment yet. I'm concerned about using the gem improperly. Could you share some pointers, pro tips, and/or life hacks to improve my to_nil usage?

[carlosbaraza]

The possibilities are endless. Any usage of this gem is a ruby master best practice. Just as an usage example:

begin
  raise StandardError.to_nil
rescue Exception => e
  puts 'owned'
end

[jomo]

You can also use this in rails applications, for example:

# Register nil Mime Type
Mime::Type.register "nil/nil", :nil

respond_to do |format|
  format.xml { render xml: @person.to_xml }
  format.nil { render text: @person.to_nil }
end

[mikegee]

Given The Billion Dollar Mistake, this gem is probably worth about tree fiddy. I ported my apps to Haskell and deleted Ruby. Thanks anyway.

[carlosbaraza]

Hahaha you guys made my day.