Comments on: You know something is wrong when this is the solution…

By: Emmanuel Pirsch

Emmanuel Pirsch — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:16:18 +0000

Or when you cannot do this :

List a= new ArrayList();
List b= new ArrayList();
List c= new ArrayList();

List[] aLotOfStuff= new List[]{a, b, c};

But you can do :
List[] aLotOfStuff= new List[]{a, b, c};

By: Tiago Silveira

Tiago Silveira — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 11:03:19 +0000

Something’s been wrong for quite a while.

Stephen Colebourne bashed his head against the wall too: http://jroller.com/page/scolebourne?entry=generics_bashing_your_head_against

When everybody needed more expressive ways to write behaviour, they gave us a way to play hide-and-seek with the compiler. It hides, you seek.

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By: Bob Lee

Bob Lee — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 05:50:14 +0000

The current syntax leaves a lot to be desired, but that’s what syntax sugar is for–so CS 101 students can enjoy the semantics without worrying about the mechanics. ;)

By: Eugene Kuleshov

Eugene Kuleshov — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:16:23 +0000

I particularly like what Neal himself said about that: “Erasure rears its ugly head…”. He was joking, but still… :-)

By: Dion Almaer

Dion Almaer — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 03:32:27 +0000

I am somewhat teasing, but on the other hand I would hate to be in CSCI 101 and staring at this kind of code. (lisp (prefer (i would)))

By: Bob Lee

Bob Lee — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 03:19:54 +0000

The alternative is that generic code wouldn’t be able to interact with legacy code. Erasure isn’t *that* bad.