How to write a proper null-safe coalescing operator in scala?

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Like so:

case class ?:[T](x: T) {
  def apply(): T = x
  def apply[U >: Null](f: T => U): ?:[U] =
    if (x == null) ?:[U](null)
    else ?:[U](f(x))
}

And in action:

scala> val x = ?:("hel")(_ + "lo ")(_ * 2)(_ + "world")()
x: java.lang.String = hello hello world

scala> val x = ?:("hel")(_ + "lo ")(_ => (null: String))(_ + "world")()
x: java.lang.String = null

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