JEP 302: Underscore as enhanced for loop parameter?

[Remi Forax]

I agree.

Remi 

On October 6, 2017 1:10:03 AM GMT+02:00, Brian Goetz <brian.goetz at oracle.com> wrote:
>Yes, seems reasonable.
>
>On 10/5/2017 1:21 AM, Tagir Valeev wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> I think underscore could be allowed as an enhanced for parameter. In
>> rare cases it's necessary to iterate over Iterable without using the
>> elements like here:
>>
>> long countElements(Iterable<?> iterable) {
>>    long count = 0;
>>    for(Object _ : iterable) count++;
>>    return count;
>> }
>>
>> Here we have a place where we're syntactically forced to declare a
>> variable, but we don't need one. Similarly to a catch block this
>> perfectly fits the underscore use cases. This would also help to
>> perform code static analysis. It's common for IDEs to warn if a loop
>> variable is unused (which could be a bug like another variable is
>used
>> instead by mistake). Using underscore we explicitly say that we don't
>> need a variable here. In IntelliJ IDEA we suggest using an "ignored"
>> name in such case, but it's still a valid name and can be used
>> accidentally or clashed with another name.
>>
>> Sorry if this was already discussed, I wasn't able to find any public
>> discussions on this topic.
>>
>> With best regards,
>> Tagir Valeev.

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