+100.000 for generics (although I fully understand that this is probably one of the most difficult features to implement)
+1 for lamba expressions On 3 February 2013 12:48, christofer.d...@c-ware.de < christofer.d...@c-ware.de> wrote: > +1 for method overloading from me too > > And: > > +1 for private/protected constructors :-) > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Frédéric THOMAS [mailto:webdoubl...@hotmail.com] > Gesendet: Sonntag, 3. Februar 2013 05:16 > An: dev@flex.apache.org > Betreff: Re: Language features > > Nick, +1 or even 10 > > -Fred > > -----Message d'origine----- > From: Nicholas Kwiatkowski > Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 6:58 PM > To: dev@flex.apache.org > Subject: Re: Language features > > I'd be fairly excited to see method overloading. It's one of the things I > miss from Java... > > -Nick > > On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Avi Kessner <akess...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > If it was up to me, I would vote against method overloading. I think > > that's a code smell personally. > > > > brought to you by the letters A, V, and I and the number 47 > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Frédéric THOMAS <webdoubl...@hotmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > Hi Gordon, > > > > > > > > > Adding abstract classes and private constructors to Falcon should be > > easy > > >> > > > > > > That's a good news, at this point protected constructor would be > > > welcomed > > > as well as private constructors are commonly used in classes that > > > contain > > > static members only. > > > > > > And I voting +1 for the rest :-) you gonna make happy a lot of people > > > who > > > wait for a long time for these features. > > > > > > -Fred > > > > > > -----Message d'origine----- From: Gordon Smith > > > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 7:38 PM > > > To: dev@flex.apache.org > > > Subject: RE: Language features > > > > > > > > > Adding abstract classes and private constructors to Falcon should be > > easy. > > > Adding generics and method overloading would be considerably harder but > > > probably doable after a lot of design. Two other features worth > > considering > > > are strong function types (i.e., a type like (int, int):String for a > > > function that takes two ints and returns a String) and strongly-typed > > fixed > > > arrays (i.e., int[]). > > > > > > I'm going to continue to focus on MXML. Until it is finished, we can't > > > move from the old compiler to the new one. I don't recommend making any > > > modifications to the old compiler. > > > > > > - Gordon > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Frédéric THOMAS [mailto:webdoublefx@hotmail.**com< > > webdoubl...@hotmail.com> > > > ] > > > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 3:07 AM > > > To: dev@flex.apache.org > > > Subject: Re: Language features > > > > > > +1 Nick > > > > > > May be possible, I don't know, time ago, I looked at adding the > > > possibility to have the constructor accepting other NS than public to > > > simulate abstract classes and seen 2 places where it was checked but > > didn't > > > dare to change it besause I didn't know the impacts, I hope someone > > better > > > than me here can take care of it, compiler geeks, are you here ? > > > > > > -Fred > > > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > > From: Nick Collins > > > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 11:24 AM > > > To: dev@flex.apache.org > > > Subject: Language features > > > > > > With the cancellation of AVM next, should we perhaps look at adding > some > > > additional language features to our compiler? > > > > > > As I think about some of the features I would like to see, such as > > > abstract classes, generics, method overloading, etc. it seems to me > that > > at > > > least some of them could be implemented into our compiler? > > > > > > Nick > > > > > > > > > > -- regards, Roland -- Roland Zwaga Senior Consultant | Stack & Heap BVBA +32 (0)486 16 12 62 | rol...@stackandheap.com | http://www.stackandheap.com http://zwaga.blogspot.com http://www.springactionscript.org http://www.as3commons.org