Notes on implementing concise calls to constructors with type parameters

[Ulf Zibis]

Am 15.05.2009 01:38, Alex Buckley schrieb:
> Ulf Zibis wrote:
>> Am 15.05.2009 00:51, Alex Buckley schrieb:
>>> Ulf, you ask why:
>>>
>>>    Cell<String> cs = new Cell(1); //unchecked warning
>>>    String s = cs.x; //CCE at runtime
>>>
>>> cannot be rejected at compile-time, presumably with an error rather 
>>> than a warning on the assignment.
>>>
>>> The answer is migration compatibility:
>>
>> My guess is, that this problem could be managed by javac option 
>> "-source 1.7", but I'm not sure if there are some reasons against this.
>
> You're effectively suggesting that migration compatibility be dropped 
> in JDK7. A language change of this magnitude is far beyond the scope 
> of Project Coin.
>
> Alex
>
>

Yes, you got it. This is exactly what I wanted to say.
This potentially would make constructs like
   Cell<String> cs = new Cell<>(1)
_superfluous_.

My additional question was, if anybody has an idea, if that would break 
some other things, I'm not aware of.

-Ulf