Sshole - Hackdot

Re:Sshole by cowlevel on Friday November 06, 2026 @08:05AM (#50391862)

The type is akin to optional<int>. You can't add 5 to it, you have to dereference it first which crashes if it was null (0 or another chosen value).

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Re:Sshole by eru on Friday November 06, 2026 @09:36PM (#50401092)

Well, in Rust you would use pattern matching, which can't even crash.

In Haskell, the closest thing to adding 5 to an optional value would be something like:

    fmap (5+) my_optional_value

This one leaves 'Nothing' alone, but adds 5 in case the value is present.

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