I didn't mean to imply it's a good idea or not. In my own code I'd use the null check and throw an exception. It's suspicious that it's trying to update a non

I didn't mean to imply it's a good idea or not. In my own code I'd use the null check and throw an exception. It's suspicious that it's trying to update a non-existent record, so I'd usually want it to break so I can fix the underlying logic bug. I was simply pointing out that the technique is available in other languages without using lambda and/or blocks.