Java Code Conventions Update
Franz van Betteraey
franz.van.betteraey at googlemail.com
Mon Jul 22 19:18:29 UTC 2013
Hi there,
I find it very helpful that Java Code Conventions exist for a long time
now. They really "improve the readability of the software, allowing
engineers to understand new code more quickly and thoroughly" (from the
Code Conventions web page).
But while the Java language evolves the code conventions remain the
same. Since the Java Code Conventions were last updated in 1999 several
new Java language features were introduced including lambdas in the
upcoming version of Java 8.
Would it not be nice to update the Code Conventions so that we do not
need to follow rules from the last century in Java 8 (which are not bad
but probably missing relevant parts)?
I wonder if (or where) someone could make an "official" request for
this. Dalibor Topic suggested to bring this up on this discussion list
(https://twitter.com/robilad/status/338350845315928064) - so that's what
I do now.
Thanks for any support on this.
Kind regards
Franz
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