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Disagreed. Allowing too much is harder to correct once the misfeature has seen widespread use. If language designers allowed nulls at a later stage, it wouldn't break existing programs, but the opposite is not true.

Andres F.
– Andres F.

2012-09-03 16:49:49 +00:00
Commented Sep 3, 2012 at 16:49
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But I agree. It is about maximizing functionality. You can use a list that accepts nulls even you don't need them. You cannot use a list that refuses nulls if you need nulls.

Florian F
– Florian F

2014-09-14 07:01:20 +00:00
Commented Sep 14, 2014 at 7:01

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