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Re: constructing a constant HashMap

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On 10/17/2011 9:35 PM, B1ll Gat3s wrote:
> On 16/10/2011 10:20 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 10/16/2011 1:29 AM, B1ll Gat3s wrote:
>>> This works in ANY setting where an expression of type Map<String,String>
>>> is appropriate:
>>>
>>> new HashMap<String,String> () {
>>> {
>>> put("aaa", "bbb");
>>> ...
>>> }}
>>
>> But it is way more difficult to read
>
> No it isn't.

Yes - it is.

Read what Tom wrote:

#and it is a very useful but also highly surprising construct (i love
#dropping one in front of my pair when pair programming, and watching
#their brains trying to work out what's going on - it takes a while to
#realise it's not a special syntax, just a combination of two other
#bits of syntax).

Arne

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constructing a constant HashMap Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-15 18:14 -0700
  Re: constructing a constant HashMap Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-10-15 21:36 -0400
    Re: constructing a constant HashMap Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2011-10-16 16:51 +0200
  Re: constructing a constant HashMap markspace <-@.> - 2011-10-15 18:59 -0700
    Re: constructing a constant HashMap Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-15 19:25 -0700
  Re: constructing a constant HashMap Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-15 19:19 -0700
  Re: constructing a constant HashMap Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-10-16 06:07 +0100
    Re: constructing a constant HashMap B1ll Gat3s <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-10-16 01:29 -0400
      Re: constructing a constant HashMap Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-10-17 00:57 +0100
        Re: constructing a constant HashMap Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-10-17 01:02 +0100
      Re: constructing a constant HashMap Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-10-16 22:20 -0400
        Re: constructing a constant HashMap B1ll Gat3s <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-10-17 21:35 -0400
          Re: constructing a constant HashMap Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2011-10-18 09:28 -0700
            Re: constructing a constant HashMap David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2011-10-20 12:55 -0400
          Re: constructing a constant HashMap Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-06 16:16 -0500
            Re: constructing a constant HashMap Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-06 14:37 -0800
              Re: constructing a constant HashMap Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-06 18:00 -0500
                Re: constructing a constant HashMap Ian Pilcher <arequipeno@gmail.com> - 2011-11-06 18:34 -0600
                Re: constructing a constant HashMap Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-06 19:47 -0500
            Re: constructing a constant HashMap B1ll Gat3s <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-11-07 12:23 -0500
    Re: constructing a constant HashMap Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-10-16 11:11 -0300
  Re: constructing a constant HashMap Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2011-10-16 10:39 -0700

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