Improvements to .get() efficiency

Closes #307 and #290

AUTHORS

@@ -69,3 +69,4 @@ that much better:
  * John Arnfield
  * grubberr
  * Paul Aliagas
+ * Paul Cunnane

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Changelog
 Changes in dev
 ==============
 
+- Improved efficiency of .get()
 - Updated ComplexFields so if required they won't accept empty lists / dicts
 - Added spec file for rpm-based distributions
 - Fixed ListField so it doesnt accept strings

mongoengine/queryset.py

@@ -728,15 +728,17 @@ class QuerySet(object):
         .. versionadded:: 0.3
         """
         self.__call__(*q_objs, **query)
-        count = self.count()
-        if count == 1:
-            return self[0]
-        elif count > 1:
-            message = u'%d items returned, instead of 1' % count
-            raise self._document.MultipleObjectsReturned(message)
-        else:
+        try:
+            result1 = self[0]
+        except IndexError:
             raise self._document.DoesNotExist("%s matching query does not exist."
                                               % self._document._class_name)
+        try:
+            result2 = self[1]
+        except IndexError:
+            return result1
+        message = u'%d items returned, instead of 1' % self.count()
+        raise self._document.MultipleObjectsReturned(message)
 
     def get_or_create(self, write_options=None, *q_objs, **query):
         """Retrieve unique object or create, if it doesn't exist. Returns a tuple of