Yeah, that's a good idea. I'd kind of like to call this something like Nullable 
since I'm not a huge fan of the name DataArray, but consistency is an important 
thing to maintain.

 -- John

On Jul 31, 2014, at 10:04 AM, Bob Nnamtrop <[email protected]> wrote:

> What about naming it the Data{T} type instead of Option{T} (or Optional{T}). 
> Seems to fit in the DataArray{T} theme better and gives me a better idea what 
> it is from the name (at least once one knows about DataArrays).
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:56 AM, John Myles White <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> Julia, I think your naming suggestions will be more impactful if you're 
> careful to describe your opinions in terms of your subjective preferences, 
> rather than in terms of objective facts. Describing something as "more 
> intuitive" isn't a very effective rhetorical strategy if others don't already 
> share your intuitions. Rather than assert that X is more intuitive, it would 
> be great to demonstrate why your preferred name could be more intuitive.
> 
> Just my two cents about effective argumentation strategies.
> 
>  -- John
> 
> On Jul 31, 2014, at 8:28 AM, Júlio Hoffimann <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
>> One suggestion is to have it named as the more intuitive Optional{T}.
>> 
>> Júlio.
>> 
> 
> 

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