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Re:Apple is patenting Swift features by kazinator on Friday January 25, 2019 @03:54PM (#19002407)
Patents are written to be as broad as possible. The most careful interpretation is that if anyone does option chaining anywhere, it is covered by the patent, and actionable by the patent holder.

Companies that are mere consumers of IT have been sued by patent trolls, and paid up.

Re:Apple is patenting Swift features by pnw_hazor on Friday January 25, 2019 @04:25PM (#19002625)
Take a look at the claims. The patent does not claim option chaining. It claims a few ways to implement a system that may support option chaining.
Re:Apple is patenting Swift features by kazinator on Friday January 25, 2019 @06:54PM (#19003742)
If whatever language implementation you are using implements that, and infringes, then you infringe that by running programs in that language. All unlicensed users of anything emanating from the patent infringe on it.