Discussion on: You don't need null

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Replies for: Hi, I would strongly disagree with this statement. In my opinion you definitely want to use explicit null in many cases. The thing is, null is a qu...

typeof null
// 'object'
Object.keys(null)
// Uncaught TypeError: Cannot convert undefined or null to object

While this is by design and therefore not a bug, I think this combination of behaviours is what makes for a very bad design. If null is an object, then it should behave like one.

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