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Comment by ahoka

12 hours ago

Or just do as Kotlin and embrace null, but in a type aafe way.

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ahoka

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gf000  12 hours ago

"Funnily", having nullable types be practically `T | Null` gives you union types, not sum types (the latter is, importantly are a disjunct union!)

The main difference is that (T | Null) | Null = T | Null, while Maybe<Maybe<T>> is different from Maybe<T>

  • ahoka  10 hours ago

    Your point being?

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