Loose ends: Optional

[Mike Duigou]

On Jun 3 2013, at 10:03 , Joe Bowbeer wrote:
> Does everyone agree that Fugue's Option is an improvement on Guava's
> Optional?

How is Fugue's Optional an improvement? I guess I am pretty satisfied with Brian's proposal for java.util.Optional and would be similarly satisfied with the Guava Optional. If there are benefits to Fugue or other's Optional beyond implementation details I would like to understand what they are believed to be.

Mike