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@@ -5,11 +5,23 @@
// linked to the first elephant. This is because we had NO CONCEPT
// of a tail that didn't point to another elephant!
//
+// We also introduce the handy ".?" shortcut:
+//
+// const foo = bar.?;
+//
+// is the same as
+//
+// const foo = bar orelse unreachable;
+//
+// See if you can find where we use this shortcut below.
+//
+// Now let's make those elephant tails optional!
+//
const std = @import("std");
const Elephant = struct {
letter: u8,
- tail: *Elephant = null, // <---- make this optional!
+ tail: *Elephant = null, // Hmm... tail needs something...
visited: bool = false,
};