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Status Not under consideration
Categories EGL Language
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 12, 2018

Comparing 2 nullable values that are both null returns false

We have 2 variables that are nullable (for example: nullable ints or nullable dates).
If both variables are null, and we check them for equality, the result should be true, but it's false.

Code example:
a, b int?;
a = null;
b = null;
if(a == b)
writeStdOut("a is equal to b");
else
writeStdOut("a is not equal to b");
end

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
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    Mar 10, 2021

    We have evaluated this request and determined that it cannot be implemented at this time.

  • Guest
    Reply
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    Oct 11, 2019

    Further evaluation of this RFE is underway.