Expected distribution of lambda sizes (Re: Syntax poll, take 2)

[Sam Pullara]

He is saying that Java code is more complicated because of these types of issues and will sometimes be longer than the equivalent code in a language that doesn't need these guards.

Sam

On Jun 14, 2011, at 11:09 PM, Knox, Liam wrote:

> So we agree.
>  
> We have a limbo language. With a boolean that can mean more than just true or false !
>  
> My point is if I pass a Function (i.e. Google collections like) to a method, and that then throws a NPE, all is well.
> This is what I want to happen and expect and can handle.
>  
> Are you saying semantically Closures should behave differently ?
>  
> From: neal.gafter at gmail.com [mailto:neal.gafter at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Neal Gafter
> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 3:00 PM
> To: Knox, Liam (PTT)
> Cc: Sam Pullara; lambda-dev
> Subject: Re: Expected distribution of lambda sizes (Re: Syntax poll, take 2)
> 
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 10:54 PM, Knox, Liam <Liam.Knox at morganstanleymufg.com> wrote:
> Boolean a = null; 
>  
> if(a){}
>  
> What does that do ?
> 
> It throws a NullPointerException [sic].
> 
>  
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