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Neither of those is hard to do in C++. The first one is std::optional. The second one is a reference or a non-nullable smart pointer like https://github.com/dro

Neither of those is hard to do in C++. The first one is std::optional. The second one is a reference or a non-nullable smart pointer like https://github.com/dropbox/nn https://github.com/dropbox/nn

frabert 9y ago
It's easy to do _since less than a year_
- jandrese 9y ago
  And probably not in your compiler yet. Or if it is, you'll blow up on thousands of other compilers when people try to build it themselves.
- jcelerier 9y ago
  boost::optional has been available since 2003. There's no excuse.