No since `a isBlank ` can be null ``` val a String = null va kotlinlang #random

No, since `a?.isBlank()` can be null. ``` val a: S...

dmitry.petrov

04/29/2016, 1:49 PM

No, since

a?.isBlank()

can be null.

Copy code

val a: String? = null
val b = a?.isBlank() ?: false // no allocation

We might be able to avoid that boxing. Do you find it more natural to write

nullableBoolean == true

instead of

nullableBoolean ?: false