Optionals in Swift Language: Is nil a null pointer?

Hello everyone, today we will analyze Optionals. Let's discover how they work under the hood and answer an interesting question, Is nil a null pointer?

Content:
0:00 - Intro
0:44 - All objects must be initialized
1:25 - What are optional?
3:53 - The truth about nil
5:31 - Do you want to learn more?

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Source code showed in the video:
https://github.com/pitt500/swift-and-...

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Resources:
Swift.org: https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/Lan...
Apple: https://www.notion.so/Optionals-d0f87...

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