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> it's possible to get "null" as a string downstream I don't see the problem with that. Strings that contain formatted variables should be used for display onl

> it's possible to get "null" as a string downstream I don't see the problem with that. Strings that contain formatted variables should be used for display only. Besides, when someone inputs his name, the input is already a string, and I don't see how you would dereference string contents.

amptorn 9y ago
That's not the problem. Strings saying "null" are not the problem. That's just four lower-case characters. No system chokes on that directly. The problem is downstream, where some galactic idiot has special-cased the string "null" to turn back into an actual `null`.