On Tue, 9 Mar 2021 20:52:19 GMT, Mark Sheppard <mshep...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> The disadvantage is that it would add another level of braces. > > maybe ... I find it would provide an easier flow to code ... an "easy on the > eye" call flow linkage - the variable is declared and then used .... instead > of the disconnect of throwing an exception or non immediate use of the > variable. > > but sure, isn't code somewhat idiosyncratic!! The first few times I looked at this pattern, I did stumble over it somewhat. But since then, I find it natural enough and easy to follow. Maybe the concern is transient in nature, until the instanceof pattern matching feature is more widely used. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2890
