Related to topic above - would it be useful to ha...

# stdlib

[Eugen Martynov]

Related to topic above - would it be useful to have Boolean?.orFalse()?

[ephemient]

https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C1H43FDRB/p1724345063879379?thread_ts=1724342918.932519&cid=C1H43FDRB

[Eugen Martynov]

I saw code today like

selectedDate?.isBefore(latestDate) == true

felt it would be easier to read

selectedDate?.isBefore(latestDate).orFalse()

trying to avoid cognitive load about nullability

[Eugen Martynov]

Thanks! Read the whole thread

[CLOVIS]

(selectedDate ?: Instant.DISTANT_FUTURE).isBefore(latestDate)

[CLOVIS]

not sure that's better

[LeoColman]

Honestly the first one is pretty OK in my opinion.

I had to decypher both other options

[Klitos Kyriacou]

The == true idiom is commonplace and easily recognized as a check of a nullable Boolean. I don't think there's any need to invent workarounds.