user_db lookup_user__by_email_address() exception handling:

   - clarifying the meaning of an 'unknown user' case
   - removing code duplication in user_db, sticking to exception raising

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/src/server/rz_user_db.py b/src/server/rz_user_db.py
index c36a64ac..149e1e00 100644
--- a/src/server/rz_user_db.py
+++ b/src/server/rz_user_db.py
@@ -107,17 +107,6 @@ class User_DB(object):
         uid, u = self.__lookup_user__by_email_address(email_address)
         return self.__process_return_value(uid, u)
 
-    def has_email(self, email_address):
-        """
-        Does not throw exceptions, returns True if email is in the database,
-        False otherwise
-        """
-        # FIXME: avoid linear search
-        for uid, u in self.persistent_data_store.items():
-            if u.email_address == email_address:
-                return True
-        return False
-
     def user_add(self, u_account):
         """
         @return: the string uid of the newly added user