π Dealing with Nothing in C# - Nullable
π Dealing with Nothing in C# - Nullable
In the previous installment of this series, we saw why the null value can be an annoying source of errors. But there are cases when you positively wish for a variable, that otherwise cannot be null, to be able to have a null value. Imagine, for example, a web site that stores the last time each user...
Another one of my C# articles, this time about Nullable.
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I've found C# nullable types quite frustrating, because nullable generics don't work properly when they can be instantiated with both value types and reference types.
It feels like a very hacky approximation of an option type, which we are now probably stuck with. Compared to all the other amazing features they've added, that one felt a bit half baked.
To be honest I feel the same way about it now.