RFR 8135248: Add utility methods to check indexes and ranges

Paul Sandoz paul.sandoz at oracle.com
Tue Oct 6 14:56:39 UTC 2015


> On 30 Sep 2015, at 16:13, Remi Forax <forax at univ-mlv.fr> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Mail original -----
>> De: "Paul Benedict" <pbenedict at apache.org>
>> À: "Peter Levart" <peter.levart at gmail.com>
>> Cc: "core-libs-dev" <core-libs-dev at openjdk.java.net>
>> Envoyé: Mercredi 30 Septembre 2015 16:06:18
>> Objet: Re: RFR 8135248: Add utility methods to check indexes and ranges
>> 
>> Ah, I was going to write about "values" ... glad this was mentioned. With
>> Valhalla working on value classes, it does raise the question if
>> range-checking is particular to Objects. Clearly it won't be once values
>> are introduced.
>> 
>> PS: I am still in favor of using Objects at the time being though just to
>> get something checked-in.
> 
> I am in favor of Objects too,
> but I think the name (oh no bikeshedding again) should start with require* too make it clear that it goes with requireNonNull
> 
> 'requireIndexInBounds' anyone ?
> 

For now i am gonna commit what i currently have, and we could revisit the naming later on if necessary, but for now i will trade you the painting of this bike shed for another on Optional.or that kick start in another email (probably tomorrow).

Paul.




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