Okay everyone, nobody talk about Jigsaw, starting now.
-- Cédric On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Ricky Clarkson <[email protected]>wrote: > Well, lambdas started getting added after everyone gave up asking too. :) > > > On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 2:47 PM, clay <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Wow! Nice! >> >> I'm surprised it got added so quietly after such extensive debate, and >> months after everyone gave up asking. I'm definitely not complaining. >> >> Yes, a JDK8 standard equivalent to guava fromNullable or fj fromNull >> would be nice as well. I can live with what they have though. >> >> >> On Thursday, May 30, 2013 2:52:20 AM UTC-5, Morten A-Gott wrote: >>> >>> With a the other day, Java 8's Optional is starting to look more >>> useful. It finally got filter, map and flatMap: >>> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/**lambda/lambda/jdk/rev/**fde3666e6394<http://hg.openjdk.java.net/lambda/lambda/jdk/rev/fde3666e6394> >>> >>> Then, ifPresent was renamed to forEach: >>> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/**lambda/lambda/jdk/rev/**9d9753590439<http://hg.openjdk.java.net/lambda/lambda/jdk/rev/9d9753590439> >>> >>> Now, if we could get an factory method that will handle instansiation >>> with nulls, (like a fromNullable in guava, or the apply in Option in >>> Scala) creating Optionals would be a lot less verbose. No reason why >>> every developer should have to write a null check before creating an >>> Optional. >>> >>> And while they are at it, why not add 'exists' and 'forall' ? >>> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Java Posse" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
