Yes, Option type is a special value type. The solution here is more oriented towards glue code, code which strings together multiple API calls. The attempt is

Yes, Option type is a special value type. The solution here is more oriented towards glue code, code which strings together multiple API calls. The attempt is to provide a set -e type error handling for such code. What I have seen is that some error handling, even if it not perfect, is better than letting errors be ignored.