No. Java messing things up as usual, doesn't have any broader impact on the usefulness of the concept.
Error handling with null is wrong and broken, regardless of whether the null is "typed" or not.
null might have some very limited other uses, but they will never compete with those structures designed for error handling, because they do something fundamentally different.
Error handling with null is wrong and broken, regardless of whether the null is "typed" or not.
null might have some very limited other uses, but they will never compete with those structures designed for error handling, because they do something fundamentally different.