Checking the value of an Optional Bool

Question

When I want to check if an Optional Bool is true, doing this doesn\'t work:

var boolean : Bool? = false
if boolean{
}

It results in this error:

Answer 1

I found another solution, overloading the Boolean operators. For example:

public func <  (left: T?, right: T) -> Bool {
    if let left = left {
        return left < right
    }
    return false
}

This may not be totally in the "spirit" of the language changes, but it allows for safe unwrapping of optionals, and it is usable for conditionals anywhere, including while loops.