Documentation of Project Coin features as implemented in the JDK 7 developer preview

[Ulf Zibis]

Am 09.03.2011 18:37, schrieb Joe Darcy:
> Hello.
>
> As noted in subsequent discussion, the "diamond operator" isn't really an operator and we have 
> taken to not referring to it as such.  For consistency, I think it is fine to allow (but 
> discourage) extra white space between the "<" and ">" characters of a diamond.  I find this 
> similar to the allowable white space between  the "@" and type name of an annotation.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Joe
>

Surprised about the lifely discussion (about the color of the bike shed). :-o

To be consequent, we should rename the construct to "empty type list" and forget all about diamond 
(operator).

Otherwise, what about "bubble" for "( )" ? ;-)

-Ulf