Scala Option: map vs Pattern Matching

Question

While dealing with Option in Scala what are the things I should be considering to decide whether to map or patten match? For example, if I have Option[MyC

Answer 1

Pattern matching is :

• slightly more efficient
• not anal about subtypes (in this case @rarry had to add a type hint)
• easier to read
• endorsed by Martin Oderksy: https://stackoverflow.com/a/5332657/578101