Autoboxing stuff in Option[T]

autoBoxInOption.scala

f@Hedwig:~$ scala
Welcome to Scala version 2.8.0.r21323-b20100403020201 (Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM, Java 1.6.0_17).
Type in expressions to have them evaluated.
Type :help for more information.

//Some fun
scala> def fun(integer:Option[Int]) = println(integer.getOrElse("None"))                               
fun: (integer: Option[Int])Unit

// having fun
scala> fun(None)                                                                                       
None

// not that much fun. verbose
scala> fun(Some(1))                                                                                    
1

// no fun!
scala> fun(1)                                                           
<console>:7: error: type mismatch;
 found   : Int(1)
 required: Option[Int]
       fun(1)
           ^

//Do it for me please, so it's more fun
scala> implicit def boxInSome[T](any:T):Option[T] = any match { case None => None case _ => Some(any) }
boxInSome: [T](any: T)Option[T]

//fun!
scala> fun(1)                                                                                          
1

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