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nit: One can use pointer values for marking JSON fields as optional, and thus distinguish between the 0 and nil case. I felt similar to you initially about the

nit: One can use pointer values for marking JSON fields as optional, and thus distinguish between the 0 and nil case. I felt similar to you initially about the difference between 0 and Null/None - I have to say that once I started modelling my APIs so that these two cases could be treated equivalently, I think the quality of my APIs improved.

michele 4y ago
Not really: it still can't tell the difference between a null value and a missing field which is different when working with APIs as a missing field usually means "don't touch it" while null means "nullify it"