From 95687acadea5732dfa756ac80954347d43124b8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "M.V. Hutz" <git@maximhutz.me>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 21:27:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat!: update contract for 'Table.Get()'

---
 cuckoo_fuzz_test.go |  8 ++++----
 cuckoo_test.go      |  6 +++---
 doc_example_test.go | 10 +++++-----
 table.go            | 15 +++++++--------
 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cuckoo_fuzz_test.go b/cuckoo_fuzz_test.go
index f849de0..76bb815 100644
--- a/cuckoo_fuzz_test.go
+++ b/cuckoo_fuzz_test.go
@@ -73,16 +73,16 @@ func FuzzInsertLookup(f *testing.F) {
 
 				delete(expected, step.key)
 
-				_, err = actual.Get(step.key)
-				assert.Error(err)
+				_, ok := actual.Get(step.key)
+				assert.False(ok)
 			} else {
 				err := actual.Put(step.key, step.value)
 				assert.NoError(err)
 
 				expected[step.key] = step.value
 
-				found, err := actual.Get(step.key)
-				assert.NoError(err)
+				found, ok := actual.Get(step.key)
+				assert.True(ok)
 				assert.Equal(step.value, found)
 			}
 
diff --git a/cuckoo_test.go b/cuckoo_test.go
index 131194a..56afcde 100644
--- a/cuckoo_test.go
+++ b/cuckoo_test.go
@@ -108,12 +108,12 @@ func TestGetMany(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for i := range 2_000 {
-		value, err := table.Get(i)
+		value, ok := table.Get(i)
 		if i < 1_000 {
-			assert.NoError(err)
+			assert.True(ok)
 			assert.Equal(value, true)
 		} else {
-			assert.Error(err)
+			assert.False(ok)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/doc_example_test.go b/doc_example_test.go
index 1fad4ff..da8d62a 100644
--- a/doc_example_test.go
+++ b/doc_example_test.go
@@ -14,19 +14,19 @@ func Example_basic() {
 		fmt.Println("Put error:", err)
 	}
 
-	if item, err := table.Get(1); err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Error:", err)
+	if item, ok := table.Get(1); !ok {
+		fmt.Println("Not Found 1!")
 	} else {
 		fmt.Println("Found 1:", item)
 	}
 
-	if item, err := table.Get(0); err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Error:", err)
+	if item, ok := table.Get(0); !ok {
+		fmt.Println("Not Found 0!")
 	} else {
 		fmt.Println("Found 0:", item)
 	}
 
 	// Output:
 	// Found 1: Hello, World!
-	// Error: key '0' not found
+	// Not Found 0!
 }
diff --git a/table.go b/table.go
index 922aa81..b313f00 100644
--- a/table.go
+++ b/table.go
@@ -86,24 +86,23 @@ func (t *Table[K, V]) shrink() error {
 	return t.resize(t.bucketA.capacity / t.growthFactor)
 }
 
-// Get fetches the value for a key in the [Table]. Returns an error if no value
-// is found.
-func (t Table[K, V]) Get(key K) (value V, err error) {
+// Get fetches the value for a key in the [Table].
+func (t Table[K, V]) Get(key K) (value V, ok bool) {
 	if item, ok := t.bucketA.get(key); ok {
-		return item, nil
+		return item, true
 	}
 
 	if item, ok := t.bucketB.get(key); ok {
-		return item, nil
+		return item, true
 	}
 
-	return value, fmt.Errorf("key '%v' not found", key)
+	return
 }
 
 // Has returns true if a key has a value in the table.
 func (t Table[K, V]) Has(key K) (exists bool) {
-	_, err := t.Get(key)
-	return err == nil
+	_, exists = t.Get(key)
+	return
 }
 
 // Put sets the value for a key. Returns error if its value cannot be set.