Support Forums: Message List - Stephen Colebourne on comparing closure specs http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Sun, 26 May 2013 00:05:21 -0400 Re: CICE looks like status quo http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=44467
Here's the syntax I want:

button.addActionListener(handleButtonPress);

Is it too hard to figure out this basic freaking idea of first-class functional values? Have I grossly overestimated the intelligence of Java's...]]> Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:56:15 -0500 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:56:15 -0500 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:56:15 -0500 Mar 7, 2007 tr mo 0 Re: Stephen Colebourne on comparing closure specs http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=44467 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:15:16 -0500 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:15:16 -0500 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:15:16 -0500 Mar 6, 2007 Neal Gafter 0 Method pointer http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=44467 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:33:54 -0500 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:33:54 -0500 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:33:54 -0500 Mar 5, 2007 David Bernard 0 Re: Why not http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=44467 Sun, 04 Mar 2007 06:15:38 -0500 Sun, 04 Mar 2007 06:15:38 -0500 Sun, 04 Mar 2007 06:15:38 -0500 Mar 4, 2007 Stephen Colebourne 0 Why not http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=44467 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 22:55:03 -0500 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 22:55:03 -0500 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 22:55:03 -0500 Mar 3, 2007 Guillermo Schwarz 1 Native XML http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=44467 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 14:04:12 -0500 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 14:04:12 -0500 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 14:04:12 -0500 Mar 3, 2007 Stephen Colebourne 0 Re: Stephen Colebourne on comparing closure specs http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=44467 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:41:54 -0500 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:41:54 -0500 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:41:54 -0500 Mar 3, 2007 Ben Manes 1 Re: CICE looks like status quo http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=44467 It is an open issue in the proposal as to whether to require the types when the method isn't overloaded:

"5. Is there a shortcut syntax to avoid specifying the types in a method literal or invocable method reference when the method is...]]> Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:38:45 -0500 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:38:45 -0500 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:38:45 -0500 Mar 2, 2007 Chuck Adams 0 Re: CICE looks like status quo http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=44467 Here's the syntax I want:

button.addActionListener(handleButtonPress);

Is it too hard to figure out this basic freaking idea of first-class functional values? Have I grossly overestimated the intelligence of Java's...]]> Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:57:12 -0500 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:57:12 -0500 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:57:12 -0500 Mar 2, 2007 Ricky Clarkson 2 Re: OMG, you can't be serious http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=44467 What's wrong with either creating a method type...

int multiplier = 3;
Method m = int comput(value) {
return mutliplier * value;
}

int result = m.invoke(3);

...]]> Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:48:30 -0500 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:48:30 -0500 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:48:30 -0500 Mar 2, 2007 Ricky Clarkson 0 Re: Stephen Colebourne on comparing closure specs http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=44467 In my opinion closures without type inference is adding complexity, not removing it....]]> Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:41:20 -0500 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:41:20 -0500 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:41:20 -0500 Mar 2, 2007 Ricky Clarkson 0 Re: Control invocation syntax http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=44467 The authors of CICE (Josh Bloch notably) do not believe that developers should be allowed to write code in this style. They believe that only language designers should be able to make changes that look visually like keywords.

The...]]> Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:37:02 -0500 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:37:02 -0500 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:37:02 -0500 Mar 2, 2007 Nebojsa Vasiljevic 0 Control invocation syntax http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=44467 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:42:23 -0500 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:42:23 -0500 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:42:23 -0500 Mar 2, 2007 Stephen Colebourne 1 Re: Need better examples http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=44467 Neal Gafter: http://www.bejug.org/confluenceBeJUG/display/PARLEYS/Closures+for+Java...]]> Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:04:56 -0500 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:04:56 -0500 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:04:56 -0500 Mar 2, 2007 Nebojsa Vasiljevic 0 Re: Need better examples http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=44467 http://www.bejug.org/confluenceBeJUG/display/PARLEYS/Closures+for+Java]]> Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:12:01 -0500 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:12:01 -0500 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:12:01 -0500 Mar 2, 2007 Ben Manes 1