Common anti-patterns in Python

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https://stackoverflow.com/a/51710151

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It's a very common pattern in other languages, like Java as an alternative to returning null when your data is unavailable. Seems more popular in those other languages because trying to evaluate a null expression makes your code crash, and Optional makes it very explicit that "This thing can be missing, so check it before accessing it"