I have resurrected Nevin Pratts Null Pattern implementation.

http://www.squeaksource.com/Null

See examples below.

I also managed to get ifTrue:ifFalse: to work with the null pattern in 
squeak.

best regards

Keith

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Code like this:

  | tmp |
   tmp := person office.
   tmp notNil ifTrue: [tmp := tmp phone].
   tmp notNil ifTrue: [tmp := tmp lastNumberDialed].
   tmp notNil ifTrue: [lastNumber := tmp asString].
   widget setStringValue: lastNumber.

becomes code like this:

lastNumber := person office phone lastNumberDialed asString.
widget setStringValue: lastNumber.

Code like this:

objectWantingControl


   | ctrl |
   ctrl := self getController.
   ctrl isNil ifTrue: [^nil].
   " Trap errors occurring while searching for
   the object wanting control. "
   ^Object errorSignal
   handle: [:ex |
   Controller badControllerSignal
   raiseErrorString:
   'Bad controller in objectWantingControl']
   do: [ctrl isControlWanted ifTrue: [self] ifFalse: [nil]]

becomes Code like this:

objectWantingControl
   self getController isControlWanted ifTrue: [^self].
   ^nil
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