Jelle Raaijmakers e123d48043 AK: Add SentinelOptional ...

We specialize `Optional<T>` for value types that inherently support some
kind of "empty" value or whose value range allow for a unlikely to be
useful sentinel value that can mean "empty", instead of the boolean flag
a regular Optional<T> needs to store. Because of padding, this often
means saving 4 to 8 bytes per instance.

By extending the new `SentinelOptional<T, Traits>`, these
specializations are significantly simplified to just having to define
what the sentinel value is, and how to identify a sentinel value.

2026-03-20 12:03:36 +01:00

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