Overload window methods in Gatherers with step size

[David Alayachew]

I actually plan to follow through on that email. I just can't right now
because of work emergencies. Literally as soon as those calm down, top of
my list is to give Viktor the lost of code examples where I am using the
windowBy Gatherer he gave me.

On Mon, Mar 25, 2024, 6:24 PM <openjdk.ruwen.reddig at mailbox.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> thanks for the amazing presentations during the Java 22 release stream.
>
> I highly appreciated the new JEP 461 (https://openjdk.org/jeps/461),
> especially the windowing functions windowFixed and windowSliding.
> I would like to propose to overload both methods, so they accept the step
> size as an additional parameter:
>
> - windowFixed(int windowSize, int stepSize)
> - windowSliding(int windowSize, int stepSize)
>
> This would make the existing functionality more flexible without
> introducing much additional concepts to learn/understand.
>
> That being said, I read
> https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2024-January/117718.html and
> agree that the initial set of functions should be kept small. So looking
> forward how more experienced developers are gauging the trade-offs.
> Best reagards
> Ruwen Reddig
>
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