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Submitting this to see if it can be done as a pr or if it needs to be a RFC.

Creates .flatten_ref() to get a immutable reference of a nested option and .flatten_mut() for mutable references. Return type is Option<&T> as &Option<T> would require returning a references to None which can't be done in constant functions.

ACP: rust-lang/libs-team#186

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Mar 2, 2023

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