Just to make sure everyone's on the same page: this concept's traditional name in CS is "Option" type. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Option_type for an example.
I'm totally happy to break with tradition on this, since there's also a strong tradition of referring to a similar construction as a "Nullable" type (as David Anthoff noted). -- John On Jul 31, 2014, at 1:02 PM, Jacques Rioux <[email protected]> wrote: > Another +1 for Nullable type as opposed to Option type. > > Option type does not convey any specific meaning. > > Jacques >
