Re: Java Syntax Extensions
Chase Preuninger wrote:
3 things that I want to see happen with Java are...
1)Allow static inside of inner classes
This I don't see the value of. How would this be different than simply
declaring a static field in the outer class?
2)Anonymous inner classes can use variables other than final ones
Physically I don't see how this would even work. To get a local or
other variable into an anonymous inner class, assign the vale of the
variable to a new final variable of the same type. (Clear as mud,
wasn't that?)
for( int i = 0; i<MAX; i++) {
final int j = i;
addListener( new Listener() { //... use j here..
} );
}
Here, I just make a final int, j, so that I can use it in an anonymous
inner class. You can do this with any other variable. As Patricia
says, if you have some other semantic in mind, you'll have to implement
it yourself.
3)Operator Overloading
Ack! Thpfff! *hurl* No way. Worst idea ever. Leave the operators in
the hands of the language writers. That's the best option, because
programmers will go all over the map if allowed free reign to alter the
language. See the first post on this thread.
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