Typed Method handles

[Paulo Silveira - Caelum]

2011/6/9 Neal Gafter <neal at gafter.com>:
> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Brian Goetz <brian.goetz at oracle.com> wrote:
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>> and while erased function types may seem better than nothing now, so did
>> erased generics way back when...
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>> If we can have reified function types in the
>> future, then this will be an obvious place to backfill this association.
>>
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> And if we can't, then we'll regret not doing it today.

We will regret if they try to reify generics in JSR 335. It probably
would take a lot of time and end up splitting Java (again) in Java 8
and 9, and having lambda only in Java 9+.

The guys  here are doing an incredible work to have lambda not
delayed, and I really do not understand why Neal Gafter keeps being so
rude on the list. It is not the first time.

This is a top-notch tech list, where we can lear a lot from the spec
leaders and experts, which are sharing everything they can. It is a
pity to have Google-Oracle tensions around.

Paulo

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