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 An implementation of an `Option<A>` type in Kotlin using the `inline class` feature.
 See https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/inline-classes.html
 
-It’s just a small proof of concept which is why I decided to omit the usual gradle bloat.
+It’s just a small proof of concept
+  sparked by the discussion on the arrow-kt issue tracker after they decided to deprecate `Option`
+  because nullable types are more efficient.
+It’s just a single file, so I decided to omit the usual gradle bloat,
 Build and test via:
 
 ```sh