Change isnull field of Nullable into hasvalue

This is consistent with most other languages and formats.

base/base.jl

@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ gc(full::Bool=true) = ccall(:jl_gc_collect, Void, (Cint,), full)
 gc_enable(on::Bool) = ccall(:jl_gc_enable, Cint, (Cint,), on)!=0
 
 immutable Nullable{T}
-    isnull::Bool
+    hasvalue::Bool
     value::T
 
-    Nullable() = new(true)
-    Nullable(value::T, isnull::Bool=false) = new(isnull, value)
+    Nullable() = new(false)
+    Nullable(value::T, isnull::Bool=false) = new(!isnull, value)
 end

base/nullable.jl

@@ -53,20 +53,20 @@ otherwise, returns `y` if provided, or throws a `NullException` if not.
 """
 @inline function get{S,T}(x::Nullable{S}, y::T)
     if isbits(S)
-        ifelse(x.isnull, y, x.value)
+        ifelse(isnull(x), y, x.value)
     else
-        x.isnull ? y : x.value
+        isnull(x) ? y : x.value
     end
 end
 
-get(x::Nullable) = x.isnull ? throw(NullException()) : x.value
+get(x::Nullable) = isnull(x) ? throw(NullException()) : x.value
 
-isnull(x::Nullable) = x.isnull
+isnull(x::Nullable) = !x.hasvalue
 
 function isequal(x::Nullable, y::Nullable)
-    if x.isnull && y.isnull
+    if isnull(x) && isnull(y)
         return true
-    elseif x.isnull || y.isnull
+    elseif isnull(x) || isnull(y)
         return false
     else
         return isequal(x.value, y.value)
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ end
 const nullablehash_seed = UInt === UInt64 ? 0x932e0143e51d0171 : 0xe51d0171
 
 function hash(x::Nullable, h::UInt)
-    if x.isnull
+    if isnull(x)
         return h + nullablehash_seed
     else
         return hash(x.value, h + nullablehash_seed)

src/builtins.c

@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT jl_nullable_float64_t jl_try_substrtod(char *str, size_t offset, si
     char *bstr = str+offset;
     char *pend = bstr+len;
     char *tofree = NULL;
-    int err = 0;
+    int hasvalue = 0;
 
     errno = 0;
     if (!(*pend == '\0' || isspace((unsigned char)*pend) || *pend == ',')) {
@@ -842,28 +842,28 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT jl_nullable_float64_t jl_try_substrtod(char *str, size_t offset, si
     double out = jl_strtod_c(bstr, &p);
 
     if (errno==ERANGE && (out==0 || out==HUGE_VAL || out==-HUGE_VAL)) {
-        err = 1;
+        hasvalue = 0;
     }
     else if (p == bstr) {
-        err = 1;
+        hasvalue = 0;
     }
     else {
         // Deal with case where the substring might be something like "1 ",
         // which is OK, and "1 X", which we don't allow.
-        err = substr_isspace(p, pend) ? 0 : 1;
+        hasvalue = substr_isspace(p, pend) ? 1 : 0;
     }
 
     if (__unlikely(tofree))
         free(tofree);
 
-    jl_nullable_float64_t ret = {(uint8_t)err, out};
+    jl_nullable_float64_t ret = {(uint8_t)hasvalue, out};
     return ret;
 }
 
 JL_DLLEXPORT int jl_substrtod(char *str, size_t offset, size_t len, double *out)
 {
     jl_nullable_float64_t nd = jl_try_substrtod(str, offset, len);
-    if (0 == nd.isnull) {
+    if (0 != nd.hasvalue) {
         *out = nd.value;
         return 0;
     }
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT jl_nullable_float32_t jl_try_substrtof(char *str, size_t offset, si
     char *bstr = str+offset;
     char *pend = bstr+len;
     char *tofree = NULL;
-    int err = 0;
+    int hasvalue = 0;
 
     errno = 0;
     if (!(*pend == '\0' || isspace((unsigned char)*pend) || *pend == ',')) {
@@ -905,28 +905,28 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT jl_nullable_float32_t jl_try_substrtof(char *str, size_t offset, si
 #endif
 
     if (errno==ERANGE && (out==0 || out==HUGE_VALF || out==-HUGE_VALF)) {
-        err = 1;
+        hasvalue = 0;
     }
     else if (p == bstr) {
-        err = 1;
+        hasvalue = 0;
     }
     else {
         // Deal with case where the substring might be something like "1 ",
         // which is OK, and "1 X", which we don't allow.
-        err = substr_isspace(p, pend) ? 0 : 1;
+        hasvalue = substr_isspace(p, pend) ? 1 : 0;
     }
 
     if (__unlikely(tofree))
         free(tofree);
 
-    jl_nullable_float32_t ret = {(uint8_t)err, out};
+    jl_nullable_float32_t ret = {(uint8_t)hasvalue, out};
     return ret;
 }
 
 JL_DLLEXPORT int jl_substrtof(char *str, int offset, size_t len, float *out)
 {
     jl_nullable_float32_t nf = jl_try_substrtof(str, offset, len);
-    if (0 == nf.isnull) {
+    if (0 != nf.hasvalue) {
         *out = nf.value;
         return 0;
     }

src/julia.h

@@ -1737,12 +1737,12 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT const char *jl_git_commit(void);
 
 // nullable struct representations
 typedef struct {
-    uint8_t isnull;
+    uint8_t hasvalue;
     double value;
 } jl_nullable_float64_t;
 
 typedef struct {
-    uint8_t isnull;
+    uint8_t hasvalue;
     float value;
 } jl_nullable_float32_t;
 

test/core.jl

@@ -3118,13 +3118,13 @@ f11858(Any[Type{Foo11858}, Type{Bar11858}, typeof(g11858)])
 foo11904(x::Int) = x
 @inline function foo11904{S}(x::Nullable{S})
     if isbits(S)
-        Nullable(foo11904(x.value), x.isnull)
+        Nullable(foo11904(x.value), isnull(x))
     else
         throw_error()
     end
 end
 
-@test !foo11904(Nullable(1)).isnull
+@test !isnull(foo11904(Nullable(1)))
 
 # issue 11874
 immutable Foo11874

test/nullable.jl

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ types = [
 # Nullable{T}() = new(true)
 for T in types
     x = Nullable{T}()
-    @test x.isnull === true
+    @test x.hasvalue === false
     @test isa(x.value, T)
     @test eltype(Nullable{T}) === T
     @test eltype(x) === T
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ end
 # Nullable{T}(value::T) = new(false, value)
 for T in types
     x = Nullable{T}(zero(T))
-    @test x.isnull === false
+    @test x.hasvalue === true
     @test isa(x.value, T)
     @test x.value === zero(T)
     @test eltype(x) === T
 
     x = Nullable{T}(one(T))
-    @test x.isnull === false
+    @test x.hasvalue === true
     @test isa(x.value, T)
     @test x.value === one(T)
     @test eltype(x) === T
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ end
 # Nullable{T}(value::T, isnull::Bool) = new(isnull, value)
 for T in types
     x = Nullable{T}(zero(T),false)
-    @test x.isnull === false
+    @test x.hasvalue === true
     @test isa(x.value, T)
     @test x.value === zero(T)
     @test eltype(x) === T
 
     x = Nullable{T}(zero(T),true)
-    @test x.isnull === true
+    @test x.hasvalue === false
     @test isa(x.value, T)
     @test eltype(Nullable{T}) === T
     @test eltype(x) === T
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ end
 for T in types
     v = zero(T)
     x = Nullable(v)
-    @test x.isnull === false
+    @test x.hasvalue === true
     @test isa(x.value, T)
     @test x.value === v
 
     v = one(T)
     x = Nullable(v)
-    @test x.isnull === false
+    @test x.hasvalue === true
     @test isa(x.value, T)
     @test x.value === v
 end