> Am 17.05.2017 um 19:38 schrieb Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>: > > On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org > <mailto:brit...@apache.org>> wrote: > >> Hello Gary, >> >>> Am 17.05.2017 um 15:01 schrieb Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:garydgreg...@gmail.com>>: >>> >>> On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 11:17 AM, Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org >>> <mailto:brit...@apache.org> >> <mailto:brit...@apache.org <mailto:brit...@apache.org>>> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Functor was a nice idea back in 2011, but I think we promoted it to >> proper >>>> prematurely. In the light of Java 8 and it’s functional programming >>>> support, it is questionable whether a component like functor is really >>>> needed anymore. So the question is: how do we get on from here? I see >>>> several options: >>>> >>>> - move functor back to sandbox and see whether is catches attention some >>>> time >>>> - move functor to dormant - nobody needs it anymore with Java 8 out of >> the >>>> door >>>> - redefine the component to target Java 8 and explicitly provide >> utilities >>>> for the classes in the java.util.function package >>>> >>>> My preference would be the last option. But I don’t see my self having a >>>> lot of time to work on this. But I’d be happy to see a group of dev >> forming >>>> who give this component a new direction. >>>> >>> >>> I am OK with moving it to dormant. In my mind, your option 3 belongs in >>> [lang]. >> >> I don’t think we should put this stuff into [lang] for the following two >> reasons: >> >> 1. It will take a while (maybe years) until we move [lang] to Java 8. As >> far as I can remember we planned to wait with that until Lang 4.0 >> 2. [lang] is about the java.lang package and we already have concurrent >> and reflect stuff in there. I don’t see why we should add stuff from >> java.util.function. I think it is a good think to have small, focused >> components. So what’s the harm in having a specific component for this? >> > > There is no harm indeed :-) I would just look for something like that in > [lang], but that's just me ;-)
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