Null Safety
Because Kotlin distinguishes between nullable and non-nullable types, the compiler is aware of the possibly dangerous situation of asking a variable defined as a nullable type to do something when the variable might not exist. To shield against these dangers, Kotlin will prevent you from calling functions on a value defined as nullable until you have accepted responsibility for this unsafe situation.
To see what this looks like in practice, try to call a function on beverage. This is a fancy tavern, and, as such, all drink names should be capitalized. Try to call capitalize on beverage. (You will see more String functions in Chapter 7.)
Listing 6.5 Using a nullable variable (Tavern.kt)
fun main(args: Array<String>) ...
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