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new 80d77c6 minor wording changes
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commit 80d77c6517a08a8a8c266d218fe85a6ca566fab9
Author: Paul King <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon May 19 11:02:31 2025 +1000
minor wording changes
---
site/src/site/releasenotes/groovy-5.0.adoc | 13 ++++++++-----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/site/src/site/releasenotes/groovy-5.0.adoc
b/site/src/site/releasenotes/groovy-5.0.adoc
index 247d7ee..983427c 100644
--- a/site/src/site/releasenotes/groovy-5.0.adoc
+++ b/site/src/site/releasenotes/groovy-5.0.adoc
@@ -581,11 +581,14 @@ You can also switch readily between the
{orange}stream{end} and {yellow}iterator
NOTE: A desirable property of Groovy's extension methods is that
the series of calls needed for performing a series of operations
-is the same regardless of whether arrays, iterable or iterators
+is the same regardless of whether arrays, iterables, or iterators
are being used. That currently isn't the case for the 5 methods
mentioned above for the case where you want iterator return types
-for subsequent calls. +
-A future release of Groovy may improve this
+for subsequent calls. This might sound like a flaw, but it's more like
+the case where for Java streams, some custom functionality could be
+implemented using either intermediate (Gatherer) or terminal (Collector)
operators. +
+ +
+Having said that, a future release of Groovy may improve this
situation. It might provide aliases, like `map` for `collect`,
`filter` for `findAll`, etc. Alternatively, it might provide methods like
`collecting` for iterables and arrays. We are assessing usage of the current
@@ -696,9 +699,9 @@ assert new StringBuilder('FooBar').tap{ length -= 3
}.toString() == 'Foo'
Groovy uses the curly braces `{ }` syntax when defining closures.
Early versions of Groovy excluded the use of any array literals to avoid
conflict with the closure syntax,
-and instead piggy-backed on the list literal notation. Recent Groovy versions
have allowed
+and instead piggybacked on the list literal notation. Recent Groovy versions
have allowed
single dimension array literals in contexts which are unambiguous. Groovy 5
extends
-this to support multi-dimensional arrays using the Java syntax
+this to support multidimensional arrays using the Java syntax
(https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-8551[GROOVY-8551]).
The existing forms using list notation remain supported.
