In Ruby on Rails, what kind of design pattern is to use false to denote don't do DB look up and nil to denote ok to look up?

RestfulAuthentication is considered quite old and nasty at this point in Rails history, partly because of code like what you are pointing out.

RestfulAuthentication is considered quite old and nasty at this point in Rails history, partly because of code like what you are pointing out. I think most people would advise you to go with a more modern authentication solution such as Devise or Authlogic.

Authlogic is kinda abandoned by the developer (Ben Johnson) behind it. Moreover, it barely works on Rails 3. – Aditya Sanghi Feb 24 '11 at 5:52.

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