> > “It’s a difficult problem to solve because it’s so widespread,” said Daan Leijen, a researcher at Microsoft, who says the company avoids use of null values in its software.
> Whatever Leijen said, I'm pretty sure it wasn't that.
I had a good lol when I read that, imagining some top-level decree to NEVER use null values in any context in all of Microsoft
Afaik, there does exist a decree in most teams at MS to not use null if it can be avoided, and any attempt to do so is likely going to be flagged in code review - or so I'm told.
> Whatever Leijen said, I'm pretty sure it wasn't that.
I had a good lol when I read that, imagining some top-level decree to NEVER use null values in any context in all of Microsoft