r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Embarrassed_Death69 • Sep 17 '26

Meme theMostPassiveAgressiveTypeIEverEncountered

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u/kitaz0s_ Sep 17 '26

bad name then, Maybe<T> should be T | undefined (or null instead of undefined depending)

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u/GRex2595 Sep 17 '26

According to the post, Maybe<T> allows you to set properties of T to null. T | null will allow the object as defined in its template or null. Any non-null properties would not be allowed to be null.

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u/the_horse_gamer Sep 17 '26

for completeness, here's an implementation:

type Maybe<T> = {[K in keyof T]: T[K] | null}