Add insert_new_or_lookup/2 function #36
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insert_new/2
is useful, but there could be a case, when we want to insert new or read existing record.And there could be a race condition between these two events (i.e. this race condition is even in the default ets module).
Which means the code would have to implement this:
Retry mechanism. Would also require tests, would also need to decide when to stop to retry... Sounds too much work.
This new function allows to rewrite the above code as:
It is in case you want to write a testcase for the false condition. If you don't want to have any special logic in case of conflict (and no separation in the cover reports):