Yes, this has been proposed before. See
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8241056
It's not obviously a bad idea, but there are a bunch of costs that seem to
counterbalance the benefits.
I think the biggest problem is that adding a bunch of default methods to a
widely-implemented
Hello,
I'm pretty sure this must have come up a few times now, but
I was unable to find a discussion anywhere, so here goes:
The `if (object.compareTo(other) > 0)` construct for Comparables,
while it works, is an annoyance to readers, and I often have to
do a double-take when seeing it, to make
