`x->foo()` in C++ often isn't just "crashy", but undefined behavior. See https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/optional/operator https://en.cppreference.co

`x->foo()` in C++ often isn't just "crashy", but undefined behavior. See https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/optional/operator https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/optional/operator* > The behavior is undefined if *this does not contain a value. I'll take crashes over "probably does the wrong thing" any day.