option monad for zig

[shut wadi]

[some description]
https://gist.github.com/kkuriboh/b5c610742d3bab377d3387348d7b7261

[frigid lark]

https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/#Optionals

[shut wadi]

no fucking way

i always though those were used for nulls

ah, it still is kinda

i still like more the Option monad

[warm bane]

it bloats your code by a good amount when using it for pointers

also did you know that your none() function is not necessary?

var x: Option(u32) = .None;

.unwrap() is .? on zig options
.unwrap_or() and .unwrap_or_else() are both orelse
is_some can be written as opt == .Some, same for is_none()
also is done by opt != null with zig optionals

[dry fractal]

huh, xor for options does make make sense formally. now, what is some good usecase..

[shut wadi]

yes, it's just a helper function if you wanna chain it

[shut wadi]

i didnt know about half of this api

[warm bane]

that's what i assumed