# inline-option
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
  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
$ kotlinc-native Option.kt OptionTest.kt
$ ./program.kexe
```

The implementation uses an empty value placeholder to allow for nullable types (i.e. `Option<Int?>`).
I don’t think those are ever a good idea to have, but I saw no reason not to support them.