Improving Generics: The Votes Are In, We Want It
Reporting from Javapolis on Voting on Java 7 language changes, Stephen Colebourne reported that:
Stephen Colebourne: The strongest support was for Improving Generics, String Switch and Multi-catch. Attendees were giving a clear 'yes' to these being in Java 7.
The voting was done using a white board. The result for improving generics is 112-4-11, as shown in this image I grabbed from the results page:
So the cause of Erase Erasure lives on.
Re: Improving Generics: The Votes Are In, We Want It
You have *got* to learn how to compress images. Waiting for that huge file to load was quite painful.
Erasing erasure is the single most important thing that needs to happen to Java. It is a constant nuisance forcing me to clutter my APIs with extra "Class" arguments or resort to horrific hacks like super type tokens.
Re: Improving Generics: The Votes Are In, We Want It
I fail to understand the commotion, what's wrong with introducing genetrics in steps. There where reason for having erasure but there was no obstacle introduced to keep it like this.
given the rationale behind genetrics in the state they where added. It's natural that more will be changed in the future. Ppl have the wrong impression that work on them was finished or something, small manageable steps.