Simplify if (x) Some(y) else None?

Question

This common pattern feels a bit verbose:

if (condition) 
  Some(result)
else None

I was thinking of using a function to simplify:

Answer 1

Similar to Scalaz, the Typelevel cats ecosystem has the mouse package with option:

scala> true.option("Its true!")
res0: Option[String] = Some(Its true!)