May I ask why getAttributeSafe was added?

[seansan]

getAttributeSafe : does this not slow the whole procedure down?

Why not use getManufacturer? or use a dummy function with a param for the correct Manufacturer attribute key?

clerk-magento/code/Helper/Data.php

Line 12 in 8dfe068

public function getAttributeSafe($product, $attribute)

[seansan]

Got it.

Dont know which one is faster?

/* Returns array of sizes data - and flexible to use in Product.php because of param */
public function getRawAttribute($attribute_code, $force_get = false)
{
    $value = '';
    $attribute = Mage::getModel('eav/config')->getAttribute('catalog_product', $attribute_code);
    if ($force_get) {
        $value = $this->getData($attribute_code);
    } else if($attribute->usesSource()) {
        $value = $this->getAttributeText($attribute_code);
    } else if ($value = $this->getData($attribute_code)) {
        $value = $value;
    } else {
        $value = Mage::getResourceModel('catalog/product')->getAttributeRawValue($this->getId(), $attribute_code, $this->getStore());
    }
    return $value;
}