map and reduce functions on list

[Paul Sandoz]

On Dec 10, 2012, at 6:04 PM, Venkat Subramaniam <venkats at agiledeveloper.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> Currently playing with b67 build and having a great time with it.
> 
> To use the map and reduce functions on a list, I'm calling the stream() method first
> on a list. It would be convenient to have these methods directly on an Iterable (like
> it was in a version a few months ago). Are there plans to bring these methods
> back on Iterable

No plans.


> or is doing the conversion to Stream the path forward.
> 

Yes.

Among other things it is far less intrusive approach to evolving the collections API and allows for integration into classes such as Random and BufferedReader.

Paul.

> My sincere apologies if this was discussed earlier and I totally missed it (a quick scan on
> the list did not help me find the discussion). Much appreciate the response.
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Venkat
>