PROPOSAL: Simplified StringBuffer/StringBuilder syntax

[Derek Foster]

>From: Mark Thornton <mthornton at optrak.co.uk>
>Sent: Mar 28, 2009 4:14 PM
>To: Derek Foster <vapor1 at teleport.com>
>Cc: coin-dev at openjdk.java.net
>Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: Simplified StringBuffer/StringBuilder syntax
>
>Derek Foster wrote:
>>
>> CONCATENATION: An expression of the form
>>
>>     SB += S
>>
>> where SB is an RValue expression of type StringBuilder, and S is an expression of type String, shall be considered to have meaning as defined below. (Previously, this was a syntax error)
>>
>> SELF-CONCATENATION:
>>
>> An expression of the form
>>
>>     SB = SB + S
>>   
>Why not allow any Appendable in these cases?

Good point. Sounds like a good suggestion to me. Thanks!

Derek