Re: Argument scope
On Thu, 2 Dec 2010, Stefan Ram wrote:
Here is an idea for a new scope in Java (could be
used in other languages as well):
void fill
( final int color
{ final int RED = 1;
final int GREEN = 2;
final int BLUE = 3; })
{ /* ... */ }
Now one can call this as, for example:
fill( GREEN );
But one does not need to write
fill( Class.GREEN );
or so anymore.
I'd quite like that. Ages ago, i had the idea of being able to write:
class Paintbucket {
public static final int GREEN = 1;
public void fill(int colour) {...}
}
Paintbucket p;
p.fill(.GREEN);
// ^ leading dot indicates use of receiver scope
Static imports have made both our ideas somewhat redundant, though.
I also want a SmallTalk-inspired 'call this method on the same object as
the last statement' construct, which i'd also do with a leading dot:
BufferedWriter invoiceWriter;
invoiceWriter.writer(total);
..newLine();
..write(tax);
..newLine();
tom
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