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		esarbe on Dec 23, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Flix – Next-generation reliable, concise, function... Because you have to lift all your calculations into the option context or you have do deal with the missing value all the time.

coldtea on Dec 23, 2020 [–]

Well, that's better than silent errors because it defaults to 0 in my opinion.

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