I sometimes write following code with rails application: u = User.find(id) if u && u.profile && u.profile.thumbnails && u.profiles.thumbnails.large ... or # Use ActiveSupport if u.try!(:profile).try!(:thumbnails).try!(:large) ... I hope to write shortly above code. Groovy has above operator named "Safe navigation operator" with "?." syntax. Ruby can't use "?." operator. Can we use ".?" syntax. lik