On Mar 3, 2009, at 10:48 PM, Mark Derricutt wrote: > > Hey all, > > Project Coin is all about small language changes for Java 7, whats the > changes of getting a project setup for "small interface/object > changes" (although these could be breaking..) to fix some > reallllllllllly annoying marker interfaces, i.e.:
You are unlikely to ever get a breaking change into core java. On the other hand, having modules in the language and JRE opens up some new possibilities. > > > * Add clone() to the Cloneable interface, and make Object's > implementation abstract (or remove it compleately!) - make all classes > in the JDK that implement clone(), implement Clonable (if they don't > already) > > Is this a crazy idea (quite likely its absurd, but so is Cloneable NOT > having clone() as a method. Any other stupid things like that could > be cleaned up (even if they might break a few things along the way?) > > ...and then Buffy staked Edward. The End. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
