Options

In Dyon, optional values are wrapped in some(x) or none(). The type is opt, which defaults to opt[any].

The unwrap function returns the value inside some(x).

fn main() {
    a := some(5)
    if a != none() {
        println(unwrap(a)) // prints `5`
    }
}

Note to programmers accustomed to null

Many languages uses null or nil to indicate an empty reference. This leads to lots of maintenance problems, because it can appear anywhere.

Dyon uses opt whenever you would use null in another language. This forces programmers to deal with it explicitly, which reduces number of bugs in the program.

Some useful functions

• fn some(any) -> opt[any]
• fn none() -> opt[any]
• fn unwrap(any) -> any