Request for Review (#2) : CR#8001634 : Initial set of lambda functional interfaces

[Doug Lea]

On 11/14/12 12:29, Tim Peierls wrote:
> Implementing more than one of the functional interfaces sounds like a bad
> idea; making it difficult or impossible to do is a *good *thing. Use apply
> everywhere to prevent things like Shimmer implements FloorWax,
> DessertTopping.
>
> Does anyone have any compelling example of why you actually might want to
> implement multiple functional interfaces  that isn't satisfied by using
> asFunction, asPredicate, asProcedure, etc. methods?
>

I see how/why people might need to do this, but I also think that
if JDK sets a precedent of relentlessly calling every method
"apply" then others will follow, and so there won't be all that
much need for such adaptors anyway.

So I'm still in the "apply, the ultimate functional method name" camp.

-Doug