Problem with method references

Stephen Colebourne scolebourne at joda.org
Fri Jan 14 02:37:32 PST 2011


On 14 January 2011 09:41, Rémi Forax <forax at univ-mlv.fr> wrote:
> It remember something, do we have a plan to support constructor call, I
> mean not
> constructor call from a constructor (this(...)) but constructor call
> that return a newly
> created object.
>
> Something like:  new#Integer(int)
> which should be typed (int) -> Integer.

The new#Integer(int) syntax would seem a little backwards to me, as
the element after the # is the method name.

I'd recommend:

  Integer#(int)
or
  Integer#new(int)

I do think this is an essential feature when adding method references.

Stephen


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