{"categories":[{"label":"Software Development","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development/7"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Wraps values in a `Maybe` class to handle None checks and chained operations gracefully, returning a fallback value via `.else_()` when None or an error occurs.","skillfed_tags":["null-safety","abandoned"],"use_cases":["Safely access nested dictionary or object attributes without intermediate None checks: `Maybe(obj).attr.nested[\"key\"].else_(default_value)`.","Call methods on values that might be None without raising AttributeError: `Maybe(string_or_none).upper().else_(\"UNKNOWN\")`.","Chain arithmetic or bitwise operations and return a fallback if they fail: `(Maybe(value) / divisor).else_(0)`.","Simplify conditional fallback logic in data transformation pipelines where intermediate steps may return None."],"what_it_does":"maybe-else provides a `Maybe` wrapper class that lets you chain operations on values without repeatedly checking for None. Instead of writing `var if var is not None else handle_none(var)`, you wrap the value in `Maybe()`, chain attribute access, item access, or method calls, and call `.else_()` at the end with a fallback value. If the wrapped value is None or any operation raises `IndexError`, `KeyError`, `AttributeError`, or `TypeError`, the fallback is returned; otherwise the result of the chain is returned.\n\nThe package has no runtime dependencies and installs with low friction. However, it has been abandoned since late 2019 and is marked as Alpha. It was only tested against Python 3.7, so use on newer Python versions is unsupported and untested. The core idea is sound for reducing boilerplate in null-safe code, but the lack of maintenance means you should evaluate whether the behavior matches your needs before relying on it in production.","worth_installing":"No. The package is abandoned (last commit 2021-03-10, no releases since 2019-11-14) and officially supports only Python 3.7. While the core idea is useful and the MIT license is permissive, the lack of maintenance and narrow version support make it risky for new projects. Modern Python offers better alternatives (e.g., `operator.attrgetter` with exception handling, or type-aware libraries like `pydantic`). Install only if you are maintaining legacy code that already depends on it."},"id":"maybe-else","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/maybe-else","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/maybe-else.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/maybe-else/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2019-11-14","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"maybe-else","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Provides a Maybe class as a Python implementation of null-aware operators."},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":608745,"position":5777,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.2.1"}