alternatives or complements to layers

Simon Ochsenreither simon at ochsenreither.de
Wed Jan 7 14:03:36 UTC 2015


> The other option is to fail compilation if any-T context is calling a non
> any-fied method and require user to do a cast on their T to select the
> proper overload (including possibly casting to Object).  I don't know if we
> want the method "late bound" like that.  Also, suppose the different
> overloads return different types - the writer of code has to know what the
> type will be upfront.

I think the interesting question is "is there a reason why an any-fied
parameter couldn't act as a compatible replacement for methods with
Object + primitive overloads?". Because that's what any does under the
hood already: Create additional methods for non-reference types.


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