1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/pstore.rb b/lib/pstore.rb
index 23b2d878a3..dfec76e470 100644
--- a/lib/pstore.rb
+++ b/lib/pstore.rb
@@ -42,10 +42,17 @@ class PStore
 
   def [](name)
     in_transaction
+    @table[name]
+  end
+  def fetch(name, default=PStore::Error)
     unless @table.key? name
-      raise PStore::Error, format("undefined root name `%s'", name)
+      if default==PStore::Error
+	raise PStore::Error, format("undefined root name `%s'", name)
+      else
+	default
+      end
     end
-    @table[name]
+    self[name]
   end
   def []=(name, value)
     in_transaction