Proposal: JDK-8148917 Enhanced-For Statement Should Allow Streams

[Stuart Marks]

>> Due to how Iterable is specified now it does not promise multiple iterations, 
>> but due to how most (all that I know of except DirectoryStream or some 3rd 
>> party) Iterables are implemented now, the common expectation is that it does. 
>> By implementing more Iterable(s) that don't support multiple iteration 
>> (regardless of whether they implement this new sub-type or not), this 
>> expectation will be less and less honored. Perhaps this is not so bad. At 
>> various occasions the specification has been changed to accommodate the 
>> long-standing behavior or expectation of behavior, but this seems not to be 
>> one of them.
> 
> Correct.  But, with separate Iterable and IterableOnce, the spec for Iterable 
> can say "If you don't support multiple iteration, you should implement IO."  
> Which is OK, because at least those classes are being explicit.

Right. This sort of clarification should be done as part of JDK-8186220.

s'marks