``?`` as Boolean type char
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The ``?`` character was chosen using for the ``Nullable`` structure type currently. And all of the stand along ``?`` type char currently was defined as nullable ``Object`` type, but the ``Object`` is already can be ``Nothing``.
```vbnet
' local flag As Object
Dim flag?
' param flag As Object = True
Sub Test(Optional flag? = True)
End Sub
```
In my opinion, the ``?`` character have some literal meaning like:
+ yes or no?
+ true or false?
+ success or failure?
+ right or wrong?
+ exists or not?
So proposal, when user define a variable with a stand along ``?`` character, then it should be defined as a ``Boolean`` variable:
```vbnet
' boolean, exists or not?
Dim exists? = list.IndexOf("123") > -1
' nullable integer
Dim n As Integer?
Sub Test(path$, Optional ByRef skip? = False, Optional count As Integer? = 0)
End Sub
```
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