Non-null objects, the Null Object pattern, and T.init

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad" <ola.fosheim.grostad+dlang at gmail.com>]

On Sunday, 19 January 2014 at 14:14:11 UTC, Paolo Invernizzi 
wrote:
> Having had heavy experience with Python, and having used D 
> since D1, I would tell the contrary, that's easier to handle 
> null exception with D.

Leaving dynamic vs non-dynamic aspects aside, why do you find 
null dereferencing easier to handle (i.e. debug) in D than in 
Python?