boost::optional, a C++ alternative to nullable pointers.

[Geert Janssens]

On Saturday 01 October 2016 11:00:06 John Ralls wrote:
> This article [1] is really an argument that the standard committee
> screwed up and should have allowed std::optional<foo&> in C++-17, as
> boost::optional does. For our purposes it's an excellent explanation
> of why using boost::optional<foo&> can help us write safer and more
> easily understood code when we use it to replace foo*.
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
> [1] http://tristanbrindle.com/posts/optional-references
> 
Good article. Thanks for the pointer!

Geert