RFR : JDK-8001642 : Add Optional<T>, OptionalDouble, OptionalInt, OptionalLong

[Remi Forax]

On 03/28/2013 07:23 PM, Kevin Bourrillion wrote:
> I do NOT wish to restart this discussion; I just noticed a falsehood 
> that was never exposed:

What I should have written is that Guava unlike the JDK allows to create 
an Optional from null,
the fact that it stores null or not is an implementation detail.

Rémi

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> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:47 AM, Remi Forax <forax at univ-mlv.fr 
> <mailto:forax at univ-mlv.fr>> wrote:
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>     Google's Guava, which is a popular library, defines a class named
>     Optional, but allow to store null unlike the current proposed
>     implementation, this will generate a lot of confusions and
>     frustrations.
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> Guava's Optional /cannot/ be used to hold null. So this particular 
> concern is not a concern at all.
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> <mailto:kevinb at google.com>