[Waterluvian]

Interesting. I think I saw this in Swift? Or c#? I guess in Python this is where EAFP comes in.

I definitely hate chains of guards to get at a nested property.

[kreetx]

In haskell the lens library does this -- it's a useful feature to have.

[LocalPCGuy]

Quite a few language have this feature, and it is a Stage 1 proposal to become a part of the JS spec

[tijs]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Option_type

[mattferderer]

C# has it.

[nathanaldensr]

Yep, they're called null conditional operators[1].

[1]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-refe...