hg: valhalla/valhalla/langtools: Add experimental support for generic class literals

[Remi Forax]

On 08/18/2014 04:07 PM, Maurizio Cimadamore wrote:
>
> On 18/08/14 14:51, Paul Benedict wrote:
>> Just asking so I can understand.... are specialized classes fully 
>> reifiable?
> Yeah - stuff like Box<int> is considered to be fully reified, as the 
> specializer will turn it into a specialized Box${T=int} version where 
> all references to the type-variables have been replaced with their 'I' 
> counterparts. This means you can lift all restrictions that apply to 
> reified types, such as no array creation, no instance of, unchecked 
> cast only, no class literals.
>
> Maurizio

yes, specialized class are fully reified if arguments are primitive types,
also a specializable type Box<T> as in <any T> Box<T> is not reified but 
may be reified if T is a primitive.

so instanceof Box<int> is ok while <any T> instanceof Box<T> will 
generate a warning and <T extends Object> instanceof Box<T> generate an 
error.

>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Paul

cheers,
Rémi