@bitemyapp @robotlolita @steveklabnik @samth What makes you think I'm speaking in terms of intuition because I don't know the math?
@bitemyapp NPE is one possible manifestation of "null escaping". Maybe guarantees that "null" is 100% local.
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@wycats NPE has nothing to do with Monad and a law-abiding Monad for Maybe will not catch exceptions of any kind. -
@bitemyapp Are you trying to understand what I'm saying? If you've already flipped the bozo bit, please just move on. -
@wycats I'm doing my best to read generously for a more productive conversation. -
@bitemyapp monads are usually used *in place of* constructs that are non-local and create annoying global protocols. -
@wycats What is non-local about this? This is very common.pic.twitter.com/y0H1QDwQ6V
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@bitemyapp what would this look like in a non-monadic style? -
@bitemyapp and what is the benefit of writing that code in a monadic style as opposed to the non-monadic style? - 33 more replies
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