Syntax for method references

[Collin Fagan]

I think :: is just fine. I just wish there had been some announcement on the
list that this was the front runner.

Collin

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Brian Goetz <brian.goetz at oracle.com> wrote:

> It is perfect, until you realize it is unworkable; you need room for
> generic type arguments on both sides:
>
>  foo-><T>bar
>
> or
>
>  foo<T>->bar
>
> At which point you give up on that approach.
>
>
>
> On Oct 26, 2011, at 12:39 PM, Serge Boulay wrote:
>
> > I liked the syntax shown at the 2011 JVM language summit
> >
> > Predicate<> p = String->isEmpty
> >
> >
> http://www.wiki.jvmlangsummit.com/images/a/a1/2011_Goetz_Extension_Slides.pdf
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Bob Foster <bobfoster at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:01:21 -0700 (whew!) Brian Goetz wrote:
> >>
> >> Oh, good. The dreaded :: from C++. :)
> >>
> >> Bob
> >>
> >>> This is the current front-runner.
> >>
> >>> On Oct 25, 2011, at 9:26 AM, Stephen Colebourne wrote:
> >>>> Is this now decided? Or just an experiment?
> >>>>
> >>
> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-ldn3/index.html?ca=drs-
> >>>>
> >>>> Collections.sortBy(people, Person::getLastName);
> >>>> people.sortBy(Person::getLastName);
> >>>>
> >>>> Stephen
> >>>>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
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