Ambiguous reference

[Vicente-Arturo Romero-Zaldivar]

On 13/11/13 19:14, Zhong Yu wrote:
> One thing I find quite worrisome in the new overload resolution - In
> Java7, applicable methods are "actually" applicable. The "choosing the
> most specific method" step is guaranteed to chose an actually
> applicable method.
>
> In Java8, that's not the case in a lot of times. Applicable methods
> may not be actually applicable, and the "most specific" step may
> choose a method that fails to pass further compilation.
>
> This can be quite confusing to the programmer:
>
> case 1. javac reports ambiguity because two methods are applicable -
> while it is very clear to the programmer that one of the method is not
> actrually applicable.
>
> case 2. javac chooses the most specific method, then finds that it is
> not actually applicable, reports that arguments do not fit the
> parameter types - while it seems very clear to the programmer that
> this method should not be a candidate in the first place.
>
>
> Zhong Yu
>
Hi,

If you are referring to the specific case of lambdas what the compiler 
says is that both methods match, not that they are applicable. Probably 
the error message can be clearer.

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