Extended method reference - A proposal

[Mahdi Mohammadi]

Exactly! This is a shortcut or syntax sugar to use a notation similar to a
method reference but with some pre-specified arguments.

So, I can write: `process(x -> obj.find(x, 10))` to call "process" function
with a lambda that accepts a single argument but delegates the job to
"find" function with the same argument and "10" as the second argument.

Instead, I propose we should be able to write `process(obj::find(_,10))`.
Basically, compiler can translate this to a normal lambda-style definition
behind the scene, but for the coder, it makes writing and reading the code
easier.

On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 1:07 PM Julian Waters <tanksherman27 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey Mahdi,
>
> I don't quite understand what you mean, is this a more concise way to
> write Lambdas? (I will say I'm very interested in anything that promotes
> functional code in Java, but it's not very clear to me how this change
> might help- Maybe you could elaborate slightly more?)
>
> best regards,
> Julian
>