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Let's reinvent java bytecode but... different

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I think having null is great in some cases where you need to represent missing value.

Option types or sum types would probably be a much less terrible choice for this, although I guess some sort of nullable keyword counts as a sum type

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Well, anything that can be captured at compile time or by the IDE is infinitely better than the situation we have today.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Ha yeah, just about anything is better than the current status quo