First working version. Just a POC.

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/common/orelse.go b/common/orelse.go
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+package common
+
+type Opt[T any] struct {
+	thing T
+	err   error
+}
+
+func Optional[T any](thing T, err error) Opt[T] {
+	return Opt[T]{
+		thing: thing,
+		err:   err,
+	}
+}
+
+func (o Opt[T]) OrElse(thing T) T {
+	if o.err != nil {
+		return thing
+	}
+	return o.thing
+}