On 24 September 2010 06:47, B Smith-Mannschott <[email protected]>wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 04:45, Steven Herod <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> > 3) Interesting JavaFX script is being dropped. But not even a straw >> > man proposal of what the java syntax to the library would look like. >> >> I think this was covered wasn't it? JavaBean style... so >> >> Rectangle { >> width: 10 >> height: 10 >> background: >> } >> >> is going to be >> >> Rectangle r = new Rectangle(); >> r.setWidth(10); >> r.setHeight(10); >> r.setbackground(); >> .. >> .. >> .. >> >> *sob* >> > > So, what's wrong with that? I thought the myriad Scala threads on this list > had conclusively established that nobody needs syntactic sugar in the first > place and besides, Java isn't really full of boilerplatey verbosity, that's > just the haters talking. > > (ducks) ;-) > > // Ben > > No need to despair, this soon coming to a JVM language near you: val r = Rectangle { width = 10 height = 10 background = ... } -- Kevin Wright mail / gtalk / msn : [email protected] pulse / skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- 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.
