+1 was in reply to Russel's objection. -- With regards, Konstantin (Cos) Boudnik 2CAC 8312 4870 D885 8616 6115 220F 6980 1F27 E622
Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in this email are those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views of any company the author might be affiliated with at the moment of writing. On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 7:24 PM, Andres Almiray <[email protected]> wrote: > -1 There’s no need for such a keyword. You don’t get much by skipping “al” > from “final” instead we inherit a lot of trouble with yet another way to > define variables/arguments/return types. > > Sent from my primitive Tricorder > >> On 22 Jul 2018, at 17:33, Konstantin Boudnik <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> +1 There was APL once ;) >> -- >> With regards, >> Konstantin (Cos) Boudnik >> 2CAC 8312 4870 D885 8616 6115 220F 6980 1F27 E622 >> >> Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in this email are those of the author, >> and do not necessarily represent the views of any company the author >> might be affiliated with at the moment of writing. >> >> >>> On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 2:19 PM, Russel Winder <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On Sat, 2018-07-21 at 23:50 +0200, MG wrote: >>>> Hi guys, >>>> >>>> I have been wondering for a while whether Groovy developers use >>>> "def" >>>> even if a variable is actually is "final" not only because every >>>> Groovy >>>> example code uses "def", but also because "final" as a word is >>>> longer >>>> than "def". >>>> Therefore I propose to introduce the shortcut "fin" for "final" in >>>> Groovy. >>> >>> Please don't. >>> >>> final is just fine as it is. >>> >>>> e.g. to support >>>> >>>> class Goo { >>>> fin String name >>>> fin Goo gooParent >>>> Goo(fin String name, fin Goo gooParent) { ... } >>>> String gooGoal(fin x) { >>>> fin y = 2*x >>>> fin int z = x + y >>>> } >>>> } >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> mg >>> >>> 1,$s/fin/final/g >>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> Russel. >>> =========================================== >>> Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 >>> 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 >>> London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk
