list literal gotcha and suggestion

[Paul Benedict]

Josh,

I thought the proposal used brackets or braces depending on what was the
left-hand side of the assignment. If I have my facts straight, I would like
to see a proposal where that's not the case and only one is actually used.

List<String> stringList = { "1", "2", "3" };
Set<String> stringSet = { "1", "2", "3" };
Map<String, String> stringMap = { "1" : "A", "2" : "B", "3" : "C" };

I don't think it matters if { } or [ ] is used, but not both.

Paul

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Joshua Bloch wrote:

> Paul,
> I'm not sure what you mean.  If you mean type parameter, no.  But if you
> mean List vs. Set vs. Map, yes, the compiler needs a different syntax to
> tell them apart.
>
>         Josh
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Paul Benedict wrote:
>
>> Joshua,
>>
>> What will the official proposal be? If a different syntax is required to
>> initialize based on the type, it's too much thought for something so
>> trivial.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>