toNullable() specialization. #21
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Recent PR #20 made me rethink
toNullable(), I think it needs to be abstract with specialized implementation inSomeanNone.That gives following benefits:
instanceofcheck, likely JIT or AOT were specializing the function for us, but now we do it at compile timeSome.toNullable(). It lets compiler statically figure nullability if type is known to beSomeNote that because of nullability change in
Some.toNullable()the change is API incompatible, but ABI compatible so we're still allowed to release it in a minor update.cc @Egorand, @AlecStrong