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Why were you shocked? Is it because you're used to languages that prevent null values by default or do you have concerns about the safety of Nim because of this

by dom96 10y ago

Why were you shocked? Is it because you're used to languages that prevent null values by default or do you have concerns about the safety of Nim because of this error? Whatever the case, as far as I am aware, sooner or later Nim will prevent nil values by default.

majewsky 10y ago
If that happens, I'll gladly look at it again. My point is that we have enough languages with unchecked access to nil values by now.
- jwatte 10y ago
  But how is a nil pointer segv different from a irrefutable pattern mismatch in Haskell, or "undefined is not a function" in JavaScript?