Optionals (T?)

Optional or undefined values can be declared either by using the questionmark operator (?), or by adding an undefined variant:

TypeScript

interface Math extends HybridObject<{ … }> {
  a?: number
  b: number | undefined
}

Swift

class HybridMath: HybridMathSpec {
  var a: Double?
  var b: Double?
}

Kotlin

class HybridMath: HybridMathSpec() {
  override var a: Double?
  override var b: Double?
}

C++

class HybridMath: public HybridMathSpec {
  std::optional<double> a;
  std::optional<double> b;
};

In Kotlin/Java, nullables have to be boxed in object types.

Optionals vs null

In the same way that JavaScript distinguishes between an optional type/undefined and null, Nitro also has two separate concepts for the two.

An optional type (or undefined) represents a non-declared value, whereas null represents an explicit absence of a value. See Nulls for more information.