> On Jul 1, 2021, at 5:48 AM, Brian Goetz wrote:
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>> Which reminds me: I think we should
>> allow calls to methods on `this` inside a
>> constructor. (Do we?) A clean way to
>> statically exclude incomplete values of `this`
>> would be to outlaw such self-calls until all
>> final fie
I sincerely claim that your statement is in the same boat. You're
speaking of what has /happened/ to be the case in Java, because reasons.
However, I think the /concept/ of null is more basic; it is just
"there is no instance here". Try to do instance stuff, blow up always,
that's null.
Which reminds me: I think we should
allow calls to methods on `this` inside a
constructor. (Do we?) A clean way to
statically exclude incomplete values of `this`
would be to outlaw such self-calls until all
final fields are definitely assigned. The
current language (for identity classes)
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