Agree, love this syntax obj = nil obj&.gsub("f","g") # => nil obj = "food" obj&.gsub("f","g") # => "good" Unfortunately this is not likely second na

Agree, love this syntax obj = nil obj&.gsub("f","g") # => nil obj = "food" obj&.gsub("f","g") # => "good" Unfortunately this is not likely second nature and will continue to bite us, especially where our expectations about AR models are not well thought out. A wrapping class for nillables might force safe access of AR attributes.