[Python-ideas] Null coalescing operators

[Ryan Gonzalez]

I think the core issue is that, whether or not it should be used, APIs already return None values, so a convenience operator might as well be added.

On September 19, 2015 2:09:48 PM CDT, "Sven R. Kunze" <srkunze at mail.de> wrote:
>On 19.09.2015 14:48, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>> Sven R. Kunze writes:
>>
>>   > Issue is, None is so convenient to work with. You only find out
>the
>>   > code smell when you discover a "NoneType object does not have
>>   > attribute X"
>>
>> That's exactly what should happen (analogous to a "signalling NaN").
>
>Not my point, Stephen. My point is, you better avoid None (despite its 
>convenience) because you are going to have a hard time finding its 
>origin later in the control flow.
>
>Question still stands: is None really necessary to justify the 
>introduction of convenience operators like "?." etc.?
>
>> The problem is if you are using None as a proxy for a NULL in another
>> subsystem that has "NULL contagion" (I prefer that to "coalescing").
>
>How would you solve instead?
>
>
>Best,
>Sven
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