4.3.9 undefined value primitive value used when a variable has not been assigned a value 4.3.11 null value primitive value that represents the intentional absence of any object value

Check whether a value is defined (non-nullable), meaning it is neither `null` or `undefined`. This can be useful as a type guard, as for example, `[1, null].filter(Boolean)` does not always type-guard correctly.

Dry::Types::Undefined

There are times where it is useful to know whether a value was passed to run or the result of a filter default. In particular, it is useful when nil is an acceptable value.

main > h = {key_with_nil_value: nil}
=> {:key_with_nil_value=>nil}

main > h[:key_with_nil_value]
=> nil

main > h[:missing_key]  # this would be undefined in JavaScript (a useful distinction) rather than null, but in Ruby it's indistinguishable from the case where a nil value was actually explicitly _supplied_ by the caller/user
=> nil

# so we have to check for "missingness" ("undefinedness"?) differently in Ruby

main > h.key?(:key_with_nil_value)
=> true

main > h.key?(:missing_key)
=> false