[schonfinkel]

There are some libraries (based on parse transforms) that introduce a sort of "do" notation to deal with this issue (erlando and its variations come to mind).

Also, the latest versions of OTP have introduced the `maybe` expression: https://www.erlang.org/eeps/eep-0049

[klibertp]

I love it. I didn't know. It's going to take a while to make this a pervasive feature of most Erlang codebases, but it seems like a good feature to introduce.

I know there are monad libraries using parse transforms and/or list comprehensions, but I often found their use is frowned upon in the Erlang community. I kind of assumed the GP in this thread would reject them, given their negative opinion on macros.

[schonfinkel]

I was in a similar situation, ended up relying on libs that used parse transforms a lot and then found out most of my usage could have been replaced by the new `maybe` expression.