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> That an option type is 'safer' only helps enforce good habits.

It enforces compilation result not habits. "to a programmer who understands what he or she is working with" - one day you'll learn that everyone makes mistakes regardless of experience, but it's better to accept and adjust to that fact before it bites you ;)



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