[Proposal draft] Disallow Optionals in String Interpolation Segments

[tevelee (Laszlo Teveli)]

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[Pitch] Default values for string interpolations

Greetings! Here's a pitch for a small feature that will hopefully alleviate a large annoyance. Introduction A new string interpolation syntax that allows a developer to provide a default string when interpolating an optional value. Motivation String interpolations are a streamlined and powerful way to include values within a string literal. When one of those values is optional, however, interpolating is not so simple; in many cases, a developer must fall back to unpalatable code or output tha…