From: jm@bourguet.org   
      
   Martin Ba <0xcdcdcdcd@gmx.at> writes:   
      
   >> ... disengaged optional is simply treated as an   
   >> additional and unique value of T equal only to itself;   
   >> this value is always compared as less than any   
   >> value of T ...   
   >   
   > - seems awful.   
      
   If you look at optional as an array of size 0 or 1, it makes   
   perfectly sense.   
      
   Yours,   
      
   --   
   Jean-Marc   
      
      
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