Currently, lambdas are indeed backed by Groovy closures, or use the SAM type coercion mechanism.
On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 10:06 PM, Winnebeck, Jason < jason.winneb...@windstream.com> wrote: > That is awesome. If the Java 8 syntax is supported, does that mean Groovy > will support lambdas? One thing that saddened me about using Java 8 from > Groovy is that you have the overhead of closure classes/meta class and the > “dynamic” conversion/proxy into the Java functional interfaces, while the > same code written in Java uses the lambda functionality which appears to > return a singleton instance of a VM-generated class with presumably much > less overhead. > > > > Jason > > > > *From:* Guillaume Laforge [mailto:glafo...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Friday, March 24, 2017 4:37 PM > *To:* users@groovy.apache.org > *Subject:* Testing the Java 8 / Parrot parser online! > > > > Hi all, > > > > I've deployed a version of the venerable Groovy Web Console that uses the > Parrot parser! > > And we'd love if you could try it out and report your findings. > > You don't have to install anything, just go online, and run some scripts > or classes, using Java 8 syntax constructs and APIs, and see how well it > works. > > > > I've blogged about it here: > > http://glaforge.appspot.com/article/testing-java-8- > snippets-on-the-new-app-engine-java-8-runtime > > > > And you can try it here online directly, without installing anything: > > https://cafe-huitre.appspot.com/ > > > > It's built with Java 8, and runs on the upcoming version of Google App > Engine's Java runtime running on an OpenJDK 8. It's using the "indy" jar, > thus with the invoke dynamic support automatically. > > > > I'll deploy that version at some point to the usual web console URL, once > we have an official release of the Parrot parser. > > > > What we'd like is you to go and try it out :-) > > Please spend a moment to try different things, and if you find any > problem, please report them back here. > > > > Thanks for your help! > > > > Guillaume > > > > -- > > Guillaume Laforge > Apache Groovy committer & PMC Vice-President > > Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform > > > > Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/ > > Social: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge> / Google+ > <https://plus.google.com/u/0/114130972232398734985/posts> > This email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the > intended recipient(s). Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original > message and any attachments. > -- Guillaume Laforge Apache Groovy committer & PMC Vice-President Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/ Social: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge> / Google+ <https://plus.google.com/u/0/114130972232398734985/posts>
