> On 4 Mar 2021, at 08:44, John Rose <john.r.r...@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> On Mar 3, 2021, at 11:52 PM, fo...@univ-mlv.fr wrote:
>>>
>>> First, I agree with Brian that “int data[] = …”
>>> is horrible; we should have only allowed
>>> “int[] data = …” and taken the hit early.
>>>
>> There is also its big brother
>> int foo() [] { return null; }
>> which is the epitome of the C-style array declaration allowed in Java.
>
> Thanks, Remi; that's the stuff of nightmares
> and it's bedtime here.
:-o I had no idea! I see the JLS says "It is very strongly recommended that
this syntax is not used in new code.”
Gavin
