Look for Optional in this page<http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/lambda-dev/2012-September/thread.html>, you'll find the two big discussions that happened last month (sorry for not being more specific but this listserv archive software was probably written in the late 90's).
-- Cédric On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Ricky Clarkson <ricky.clark...@gmail.com>wrote: > Can you point to it? I spent a while looking for it but I signed up > after it happened. > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Cédric Beust ♔ <ced...@beust.com> wrote: > > There has been close to a centithread discussion on this topic on > > lambda-dev, maybe you should read it and then decide if the JDK devs are > > amateurs? > > > > -- > > Cédric > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 5:22 PM, clay <claytonw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Has anyone seen java.util.Optional in the new Lambda builds? > >> > >> Why is there no flatMap? > >> > >> Why does it not support iteration (can't do a for loop over an > Optional)? > >> > >> Why doesn't it have Some/None subclasses? > >> > >> Why does Scala and Functional Java get this right yet Guava and now the > >> core Java guys completely ruin it? > >> > >> Why doesn't Java 8 have persistent immutable collections? > >> > >> > >> Some of the JDK developers have real talent, but this is completely > >> amateur. > >> > >> I really hope they can fix this before it is set in stone. Tons of > decent > >> functional programmers can write a complete Option implementation > easily as > >> a fun exercise. It boggles my mind that they don't have the decent > talent > >> working on something so important. > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "Java Posse" group. > >> To view this discussion on the web visit > >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/9H396Nyijw4J. > >> 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. > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "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. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "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.
