Automatic Resource Management, V.2

[Joshua Bloch]

Stephen,
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:31 AM, Stephen Colebourne <scolebourne at joda.org>wrote:

> 2009/4/20 Joshua Bloch <jjb at google.com>:
> > * 3. Does the construct work properly with “decorated” resources?*
> >    try (FileReader fr = new FileReader(path) {
> >        try (BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr) {
> >            ... // Use buffered reader
> >        }
> >    }
>
> Would this section be better written:
>
>    try (FileReader fr = new FileReader(path); BufferedReader br = new
> BufferedReader(fr) {
>          ... // Use buffered reader
>    }
>
> ie. the second resource is derived from the first within one ARM block.


Yes, thanks.  Fixed.

>
>
> (More generally, I think I'd prefer a single resource per ARM, as I
> think its a lot clearer overall and more consistent, but since you've
> allowed it in the proposal, I assume you'd want to keep to that
> style.)


Yes.  May people really care about keeping the nesting depth low, and the
ability to combine resources in a single ARM statement does that for them.

          Thanks again,

          Josh