Fwd: lambda expression parameters

[Remi Forax]

On 12/18/2012 11:33 PM, Brian Goetz wrote:
> I like this suggestion that Venkat made on lambda-dev.  However, it 
> would have to be a little more restrictive than that; basically, that 
> lambda parameters are *always* final.  The only thing where I can 
> imagine this being an issue is in refactoring from inner classes, and 
> even there, if you are modifying method parameters, it is likely that 
> you need to do additional work to adapt this inner class to a lambda 
> anyway.
>
> So the suggestion is: lambda formals are always final.
>
> What do people think?

Brian,
I don't see why parameter should be final. You explain a reason why they 
should not, but not why they should.

Rémi

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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: lambda expression parameters
> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:40:25 -0700
> From: Venkat Subramaniam <venkats at agiledeveloper.com>
> To: lambda-dev at openjdk.java.net <lambda-dev at openjdk.java.net>
>
> Hi
>
> Is there plans to make the inferred parameter of a lambda expression 
> final by default.
> Right now, we can't specify the parameter is final unless we provide 
> it with the type.
>
> In the spirit of leaning towards immutability, which is a better 
> practice, would it be possible to
>
> (a) make all inferred parameters of lambda expressions final, and
> (b) to make it non-final, force the developers to explicitly request 
> (like the mutable in F#).
>
> It's more of a wish-list, if that's something that can be considered.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Venkat
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