On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 6:05 PM Giampaolo Rodola' <g.rodola@gmail.com> wrote:

This:

    v = a?.b

...*implicitly* checks if value is not None [and continues execution]. This:

    v = a
    if a.b is not None:
        v = a.b

...*explicitly* checks if value is not None and continues execution.

I think both of those are equally explicit. It's just that one notation is more concise than the other. Explicitness and conciseness are related but different things.

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