Existential.Net 2.0.0

.NET 5.0 .NET Standard 2.0
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dotnet add package Existential.Net --version 2.0.0
NuGet\Install-Package Existential.Net -Version 2.0.0
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="Existential.Net" Version="2.0.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
paket add Existential.Net --version 2.0.0
#r "nuget: Existential.Net, 2.0.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
// Install Existential.Net as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=Existential.Net&version=2.0.0

// Install Existential.Net as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=Existential.Net&version=2.0.0

About Existential.NET

Existential is a utility library for dealing with issues such as whether a value exists or not, or whether it exists in the desired form. It contains parameter validation methods, a Maybe monad, and more. Full documentation can be found at existential.ggreig.com.

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It can be used to work effectively with nulls, to efficiently resolve Code Analysis issues CA1062 and CA2000, to help generate a hash code, and to convert the names of generic types into a familiar string representation.

It reduces the code you need to write for basic null checks by providing validation techniques or - even better - using the Maybe<T> monad can just help you not to care!

Other classes in Existential help you to avoid constantly reinventing the wheel for common problems such as generating hash codes, safely returning disposable values from methods, and converting an IEnumerable to an IEnumerable<T>.

These solutions aren't innovative in themselves - plenty code examples exist out there - but Existential brings them together into one tested library so you don't have to.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net5.0 is compatible.  net5.0-windows was computed.  net6.0 is compatible.  net6.0-android was computed.  net6.0-ios was computed.  net6.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net6.0-macos was computed.  net6.0-tvos was computed.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0 was computed.  net7.0-android was computed.  net7.0-ios was computed.  net7.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net7.0-macos was computed.  net7.0-tvos was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  net8.0 was computed.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed. 
.NET Core netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
.NET Standard netstandard2.0 is compatible.  netstandard2.1 was computed. 
.NET Framework net461 was computed.  net462 was computed.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
MonoAndroid monoandroid was computed. 
MonoMac monomac was computed. 
MonoTouch monotouch was computed. 
Tizen tizen40 was computed.  tizen60 was computed. 
Xamarin.iOS xamarinios was computed. 
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Xamarin.TVOS xamarintvos was computed. 
Xamarin.WatchOS xamarinwatchos was computed. 
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Version Downloads Last updated
3.0.0 225 3/24/2023
2.0.0 1,381 4/21/2022
1.4.0 410 4/5/2022
1.3.1 306 11/12/2021
1.3.0 393 10/8/2021
1.2.1 1,738 3/15/2021
1.2.0 318 3/14/2021
1.1.0 485 11/29/2020
1.0.0 3,060 10/26/2020
0.0.0-alpha.0.230 269 10/23/2020
0.0.0-alpha.0.229 180 10/22/2020
0.0.0-alpha.0.219 251 10/14/2020
0.0.0-alpha.0.184 198 10/12/2020

In this version (2.0.0):
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Breaking changes:
* Creating a Maybe<T> has been simplfied, with superfluous creation methods removed.
* Removed the following obsolete methods:
   * `GetGenericEnumerable.From<T>(IEnumerable)`
   * `Maybe.Some<T>(T?)`
   * `Maybe.Some<T>(Maybe<T>)`
   * `Maybe<T>.op_Implicit(T)`
   * `Maybe<T>.Or(Maybe<T>)`
   * `Maybe<T>.Or(Func<Maybe<T>>)`
   * `Maybe<T>.WithValue(T?)`
   * `Maybe<T>.WithValue(Maybe<T>)`
   * `Maybe<T>.WithKnownValue(T)`
   * `Maybe<T>.WithGuaranteedValue(T)`
New features:
* Added Maybe<T>-supporting extension methods for IEnumerable<T>:
   * MaybeSingle<T>(this IEnumerable<T>)
   * MaybeSingle<T>(this IEnumerable<T>,Func<T,bool>)
               
Fuller history of changes at https://existential.ggreig.com/articles/version_history.html