A peek at the roadmap for pattern matching and more

[forax at univ-mlv.fr]

> De: "Brian Goetz" <brian.goetz at oracle.com>
> À: "Remi Forax" <forax at univ-mlv.fr>
> Cc: "amber-spec-experts" <amber-spec-experts at openjdk.java.net>
> Envoyé: Jeudi 13 Août 2020 03:51:51
> Objet: Re: A peek at the roadmap for pattern matching and more

>> In the code:
>> public deconstructor B(int a, int b) {
>> super(var aa) = this;
>> a = aa;
>> b = this.b;
>> }
>> i believe the first line should be
>> A(var aa) = super;

> P = e

> is like

> if (e instanceof P) { rest of method }.

> What would be on the LHS of the instanceof would be `this`, not `super`. This is
> like `if (this instanceof super(var aa))`.

I'm not able to parse "super(var aa)", it's not a pattern we have not talk about. 
And "super" is "this" typed as the superclass and with the method calls on it using invokespecial instead of invokevirtual. 

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