Method reference double-colon syntax

[Martijn Verburg]

I'm pretty sure this is covered in the mailing list archives - M

On 26 May 2012 13:52, Matthew Adams <matthew at matthewadams.me> wrote:
> Yeah, I liked the # syntax proposal better, too.  One less character
> to type!  :)
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> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Paul Benedict <pbenedict at apache.org> wrote:
>> Can anyone answer why the double-colon syntax was chosen for method
>> references? I wonder if it was adopted from another language and what
>> the expert group reasoned? Way back yonder, # was the initial proposal
>> -- just curious what happened.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Paul
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