State of the Values

[Ulf Zibis]

I think, this is a great proposal.

 > Value/primitive convergence. Can we integrate primitives into the values family?
 > __ByValue class int { ... }? Can we get to a world where primitives are just predefined value types?

Does that mean that we could invoke e.g. methods of class Integer on primitive int type?
     int a = 5;
     String aAsString = a.toString();
     String seven = 7.toString();

That I would like very much!

-Ulf


Am 04.05.2014 04:07, schrieb Paul Benedict:
> For anyone interested, here's a new article on perhaps forthcoming value
> types:
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jrose/values/values-0.html
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
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