From 3555371a7dbe41bc7838f4a04a41427dfe042a84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aki Tuomi <cmouse@desteem.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 10:41:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add valueOrEmpty

---
 pdns/misc.hh | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pdns/misc.hh b/pdns/misc.hh
index eea3b4a9a..6bad9151e 100644
--- a/pdns/misc.hh
+++ b/pdns/misc.hh
@@ -636,3 +636,9 @@ const T& defTer(const T& a, const T& b)
 {
   return a ? a : b;
 }
+
+template<typename P, typename T>
+T valueOrEmpty(const P val) {
+  if (!val) return T{};
+  return T(val);
+}
-- 
2.40.0