[nicoburns]

> This applies to all languages with nil. The alternative being options (like ocaml)

It actually doesn't. Languages like Kotlin, C# and TypeScript special case null in the type system and allow you to specify whether or not a given type should include null or not.

[notpushkin]

This. The bizarre way nils work in Go is completely over my head.

[styluss]

Nil receivers are such a thing to have