CppCon 2018: Simon Brand “std::optional”

—
—
Lightning Talk
—

*-----*
*-----*

[thevinn]

Just goes to show you that no matter what your level of expertise as a software engineer, there is always something new to learn!

[lapinrigolo]

And people say C++ developers aren't funny.

[shahmiBro]

the true definition of lightning talk is this;

[BrookMonroe]

After all the online tutorials, all I've taken away on the topic of monads is that it's something to do with spacesuits and cheese toast.

[monad_tcp]

That would be using null pointers instead. That's definitively getting water in your hair. And that's dedication, I wouldn't wet my hair to prove a point, but it was funny.

[OperationDarkside]

Funny, but hard to understand. "using std::optional without xxx-interface looks like this *pours water*"? What's the xxx?