optional should provide == and != operators

[jfirebaugh]

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[joto]

Our optional implementation is very incomplete compared to the upcoming standard, boost::optional or this implementation. Do we want to keep working on our own?

/cc @springmeyer

See also #63.

[jfirebaugh]

I switched mapbox-gl-native over to experimental/optional earlier this week. I support deprecating or removing our implementation.

[springmeyer]

I support deprecating or removing our implementation.

Same 👍 . For the next tagged release let's remove it.

[refi64]

:(

[springmeyer]

I switched mapbox-gl-native over to experimental/optional earlier this week. I support deprecating or removing our implementation.

@jfirebaugh I saw you mention that you hit problems with experimental::optional? Do you see value in keeping mapbox::optional around longer or no?

[jfirebaugh]

mapbox-gl-native no longer uses mapbox::optional. We work around a couple of experimental::optional bugs on various implementations:

• bool operator!=() const is sometimes missing (use !(a == b) instead)
• T* operator->() const is sometimes broken (use operator* instead)

[springmeyer]

Thanks @jfirebaugh - re-closing this issue then: We'll stick with the current deprecation and future removal (at v2.x)