Project Lambda: Java Language Specification draft 0.1.5

[David.Moss at ubs.com]

> I don't think it's worth introducing this faulty looking syntax
> for a really marginal gain.
> If it cannot be made function-invocation syntax, I'd advocate
> for making it Java style rather than going Perl-like.

I disagree with this view. This is not "faulty looking syntax", it is
"new syntax", much the same way the enhanced for loop or generics would
be faulty syntax under java 2, but valid after being introduced in a
later version. Furthermore, the var.() call is perfectly appropriate for
an anonymous function, as it has no name. The alternative would be to
make the named variable look like a method call, i.e. var(), which is no
less "faulty looking syntax", but more confusing, or to add a 'default
method' such as var.do() or var.invoke(), but then your anonymous
function suddenly has a name.

Kind Regards,

David.

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