I think it is safe to say that Bloch's own proposal was inadequate and he managed to grind the whole process to a halt and that is where we are today. Given this is not exactly a new idea I find it quite ridiculous how long it is taking.
Generics is a bit of a mess but I think they basically made the pragmatic decision on backward compatability On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Miroslav Pokorny <miroslav.poko...@gmail.com > wrote: > Thats because the specs for the various flavours of how to do closures, all > had lots of strange rules like what does return inside a closure mean ? > Bloch was right to say we should think a bit hard about it, because while > generics are great they are also a pain in certain areas. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@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.
