closures may lead to some sort of event construct, I'm not sure.

Closures are at least 10 years late to the party.

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Ricky Clarkson
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Right, it's an object. Java doesn't have methods as first class values.
> You'll find my name on the First Class Methods proposal from 2008 or so.  I
> agree but don't think adding a new kind of type and syntax just for events
> is flexible enough.
>
> On May 2, 2012 12:54 PM, "phil swenson" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> click listener isn't a method
>>
>> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Ricky Clarkson <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > sendButton.addMouseListener(clickListener);
>> >
>> > On May 2, 2012 11:51 AM, "phil swenson" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> I'd like to know what does he mean with "no events".
>> >>
>> >> in Delphi you could do stuff like:
>> >>
>> >> sendButton.onClick = ClickHandlerMethod
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I don't even want to think about what the equivalent is in Java.
>> >>
>> >> Basically, you need function pointers.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 2:30 AM, Fabrizio Giudici
>> >> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> > On Tue, 01 May 2012 19:41:57 +0200, Casper Bang
>> >> > <[email protected]>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> On Tuesday, May 1, 2012 6:46:05 PM UTC+2, phil swenson wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I remember being very disappointed when I first looked at Java for
>> >> >>> writing desktop UIs.  It was a huge step backwards from all the
>> >> >>> lessons learned from Delphi and VB in the 90s.  No properties, no
>> >> >>> events,  layout hell, overly complicated APIs.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> And yet, the hardcore Java developer will defend it vigorously.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > This is not true as most Java developers know that Swing is pretty
>> >> > old.
>> >> > BTW,
>> >> > getting back to the original Phil's statement, apart from the fact
>> >> > that
>> >> > you
>> >> > can have properties in the language with an annotation processor, I'd
>> >> > like
>> >> > to know what does he mean with "no events". One of the problems of
>> >> > Swing
>> >> > is
>> >> > perhaps that there are too many (kinds of) events.
>> >> >
>> >> >
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