trying out the prototype

[Joshua Bloch]

Yep.I have heard this from C# users for seven years or so.  I was told by
them that we should not repeat this error.

        Josh

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 6:40 AM, Serge Boulay <serge.boulay at gmail.com>wrote:

> The "using" block in c# only allows one resource unless the resources are
> of
> the same type. To use multiple resources they are nested or stacked
>
> using (StreamWriter w1 = File.CreateText("W1"))
> using (StreamWriter w2 = File.CreateText("W2"))
> {
>      // code here
> }
>
> instead of
>
> using (StreamWriter w1 = File.CreateText("W1"))
>  {
>      using (StreamWriter w2 = File.CreateText("W2"))
>      {
>          // code here
>      }
>   }
>
> Depending on the number of resources, the "using" block nesting can quickly
> get out of hand.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 8/24/10, Stephen Colebourne <scolebourne at joda.org> wrote:
> >
> > On 24 August 2010 12:14, David Holmes <David.Holmes at oracle.com> wrote:
> > >> (I guess this forms a case against the try-with-multiple-resources
> > >> statement in general. The list of semicolon-delimited declarations
> > >> enclosed by parentheses looks weird, anyway ;-)
> > >
> > > I tend to agree the syntax is awkward and far less readable than simply
> > > nesting the try-with statements.
> >
> > Overall, I think the semicolon, multi-resource, aspect is more complex
> > than the benefits it gives. Clearer code results from nesting the
> > statements.
> >
> > Stephen
> >
> >
>
>