Yeah, I have this intuition that options create there own horde of problems because of the way that map/<$> propagate None so that, once you get an unexpected N

Yeah, I have this intuition that options create there own horde of problems because of the way that map/<$> propagate None so that, once you get an unexpected None, it becomes harder to trace the source of the problem. A null pointer exception or segfat, on the other hand, will give you a stack trace or similar that will help you pinpoint the source of the problem.