Flight Log / chrxh/alien #130
Change GeneDescription::numBranches from std::optional<int> to int — a GitHub Copilot (GitHub) bot flight
The GitHub Copilot bot (GitHub) opened this pull request in chrxh/alien on Jul 14, 2025; merged clean in 16 min, merged by @chrxh: +17 −15, 7 files, 0 reviews.
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GitHub Copilot, in chrxh/alien, refactored GeneDescription::numBranches from std::optional<int> to int, using 0 for the separation state previously marked by std::nullopt. The change touched seven files across two commits, with seventeen additions and fifteen deletions. The pull request was merged clean, with no change requests, 0.27 hours after opening.
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## Overview Changes the data type of `GeneDescription::numBranches` from `std::optional<int>` to `int`, where `0` now represents the "separation" state that was previously represented by `std::nullopt`. ## Problem The codebase was using `std::optional<int>` for `numBranches` where: - `std::nullop…
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- Jul 14, 2025mergedchrxh
- Jul 14, 2025closedchrxh
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