Method references with types [Re: lambda syntax tutorial]

[Peter Levart]

On 08/06/10, Stephen Colebourne wrote:
> On 5 August 2010 22:08, Brian Goetz <brian.goetz at oracle.com> wrote:
> > We are for this reason considering #foo.bar() instead of #foo.bar.  We are
> > also considering a greedy prefix syntax instead of infix.
> 
> I'm assuming these two sentences are independent, as I can't see why
> changing the syntax solves the problem (well, I can, but only in the
> sense of having method and field references look very different, which
> seems daft).
> 
> As discussed in a previous thread, John, Josh and I will steer you
> strongly towards infix. The current prototype has got it right.
> 
> I'd also note that Foo#bar(...) is acceptable to me, although it feels
> somewhat pointless.

It is not. For example:

class Foo {
  int bar() { return 0; } // 1st
  int bar(String s) { return s.length(); } // 2nd
}

// how do I select 1st method if Foo#bar() actualy means Foo#bar(...) ?

Peter
 
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