Regarding properties: What is holding them back from implementing properties like they are in C# since it could be implemented as syntactic sugar.
Plenty of examples here: http://www.csharp-station.com/Tutorials/Lesson10.aspx It would be nice to traverse large object graphs w/o having the ugly getters. E.g. // before obj1.getObject2().getObject3().getObject4().setSomeProperty(1234); // after obj1.object2.object3.object4.someProperty = 1234; It is just syntactic sugar... Jonathan On Feb 5, 9:47 pm, Bill Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 4, 11:58 am, gafter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Although I believe the syntax is not ideal in its current form, I'm > > not going to spend more time on it until Sun formally decides they > > want to move forward with it, and that's not going to happen in JDK7. > > I certainly understand that position, but I think its worth > considering syntax, even if only in a passive manner (i.e. just think > about it). I've been dealing with C++ recently, and man oh man* I > forgot what a pain that was after not having touched it in so long. > Generics nudged Java syntax in this direction, and the little bits and > bobs of closure syntax that I've seen so far (no specific proposal > mind you), have left me with that same feeling. I hate to try to > suggest answers when I don't believe I have good ones, but I also hate > to just complain w/o offering suggestions. So I would like to offer > up the suggestion of considering keywords rather than oddball > symbols. e.g. lambda v.s. => > > Thanks. > > *Not to be confused with, "OhmanOh Man," a lesser known super hero. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
