Sherclod Holmes @wallhackio@cat.family

@aescling @vaporeon_ sure Brandon Eich, why not do that

@sudo_EatPant the reason we say nullish is because the language has two "null-like" values (undefined and null) where most languages only have one. So we say "nullish" to refer to either of these two values

@vaporeon_ might not be an issue if you have runtime type checking before the query, or if your JavaScript is compiled/transpiled from TypeScript, or if you have extensive confidence in your software testing

@vaporeon_ there are non-nullish values that are coerced to false. or x could be false itself. That means the following values would also be treated as nullish:

false
""
0
-0
0n
NaN

@aescling at work we had that but for a function called "exists"

@aescling is that a function you define elsewhere in your program?

@vaporeon_ oops. i made a new poll

Your preferred style(s) for checking for nullish in JavaScript:

@coriander still mad about this.

@The_T @monorail @aescling thanks for the thoughtful response, much appreciated!

@The_T @monorail @aescling what are some examples

@monorail @aescling fuck work they should pay me to cry at incredible art

@monorail I know you said this is bad news but my initial reaction to this was "wow art is so beautiful"

@cam you get me

@The_T the program i wrote which made the data for the graphs i shared in https://glitch.cat.family/@wallhackio/116383881105784671

I have successfully benchmarked my stardew math code but I also somehow broke it in the process

@aschmitz Writing a Riven review would be interesting, it is one of the most mixed-bag experiences I've ever had with any work of art

I would like to play Myst some day