From 38419164b6f1ade468bf4b1d27929b3ac2503b6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: theoreticalbts <theoreticalbts@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 14:22:11 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] optional.hpp:  Allow easy access to contained type

---
 include/fc/optional.hpp | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/fc/optional.hpp b/include/fc/optional.hpp
index dfb725d..bb760a5 100644
--- a/include/fc/optional.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/optional.hpp
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ namespace fc {
    *  fc::optional adds less than 400.
    */
   template<typename T>
-  class optional 
+  class optional
   {
     public:
+      typedef T value_type;
+
       optional():_valid(false){}
       ~optional(){ reset(); }