# Optional Return

**URL:** <https://forums.swift.org/t/optional-return/17089>\
**Category:** Pitches\
**Created:** [October 16, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/optional-return/17089 "2018-10-16T15:06:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![gwendal.roue](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/swift/user_avatar/forums.swift.org/gwendal.roue/32/13992_2.png) [@gwendal.roue](https://forums.swift.org/u/gwendal.roue)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/optional-return/17089/4 "2018-10-16T18:25:07Z")

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> [@technogen](#):
>
> I don't know if this idea has surfaced before [...]
> 
> ```swift
> return? value
> 
> ```

Yet it does: [SE-0231 — Optional iteration - #38 by gwendal.roue](https://forums.swift.org/t/se-0231-optional-iteration/16737/38) 😉

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