Module core::optionStable

Optional values

Type Option represents an optional value: every Option is either Some and contains a value, or None, and does not. Option types are very common in Rust code, as they have a number of uses:

• Initial values
• Return values for functions that are not defined over their entire input range (partial functions)
• Return value for otherwise reporting simple errors, where None is returned on error
• Optional struct fields
• Struct fields that can be loaned or "taken"
• Optional function arguments
• Nullable pointers
• Swapping things out of difficult situations

Options are commonly paired with pattern matching to query the presence of a value and take action, always accounting for the None case.

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