For this behavior I think you'd be better of using `map[key] || default_value`,
or even `Map.get(map, key) || default_value`. Docs for `Map.get/3` are pretty
clear about when it returns default value.
-------- Original Message --------
On 22 Jun 2022, 14:25, Nganga Mburu wrote:
> I've found myself and seen others expecting to receive the default value from
> `Map.get/3` when the value is `nil`.
>
> An example is:
> `Map.get(%{name: nil}, :name, "John")`
>
> Expected it to return "John" but it returns `nil`
>
> My thinking is since the default value is for the key then when the key value
> is `nil` we should be able to get the default value.
>
> The change in code could be as below:
> ```
> def get(map, key, default \\ nil) do
> case map do
> %{^key => value} when is_nil(value) ->
> default
>
> %{^key => value} ->
> value
>
> %{} ->
> default
>
> other ->
> :erlang.error({:badmap, other}, [map, key, default])
> end
> end
> ```
>
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