Syntax for method references

[Paul Benedict]

Will the justification be revealed for replacing # with double colon? I
thought # had strong precedence due to Javadoc. I will find it interesting
why the double colon won out. I also wonder if Javadoc could be updated
based on this :-)

Paul

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Collin Fagan <collin.fagan at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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