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Re: diamond operator

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From	Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: diamond operator
Date	Wed, 4 Apr 2012 18:15:09 -0700 (PDT)
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Jim Janney wrote:
> Roedy Green writes:
>> I was looking over the table of contents of a book about new features
>> in Java 7 and came across a reference to the "diamond operator".
>>
>> It turns out to be simple, but one of the precious bits of Java
>> syntactic sugar to make it terser.
>>
>> http://fahdshariff.blogspot.ca/2011/07/java-7-diamond-operator.html
>>
>> http://mindprod.com/book/9781849685627.html
> 
> This isn't wrong, but it fixes a problem I never knew I had.  Any
> competent IDE will expand that for you anyway.

It was added to Java to satisfy the whiners who were afraid they might strain a finger typing "Ctrl-V" or hitting ENTER on the IDE suggestion. Heaven help any of those folks should they ever have to actually work for a living.

Not that I eschew the diamond operator myself now that it's here, but I wasn't clamoring for it beforehand.

-- 
Lew
Diamonds are a girl's best friend. Dogs are a man's best friend. Diamonds cost more at first, but don't require feeding, walking, shots, neutering or spaying, veterinary or funeral bills, housebreaking, orreplacement expenses for broken goods, and don't have litters. Still, I wish I had a dog.

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diamond operator Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-04-03 18:54 -0700
  Re: diamond operator Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-04-03 22:06 -0400
  Re: diamond operator Silvio Bierman <silvio@moc.com> - 2012-04-04 13:12 +0200
    Re: diamond operator David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2012-04-04 08:23 -0400
      Re: diamond operator Silvio Bierman <silvio@moc.com> - 2012-04-04 15:40 +0200
      Re: diamond operator Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-04-04 19:41 -0400
        Re: diamond operator David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2012-04-05 08:03 -0400
  Re: diamond operator Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-04-04 10:23 -0600
    Re: diamond operator Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-04-04 18:15 -0700
      Re: diamond operator David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2012-04-05 15:44 -0400
        Re: diamond operator Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-04-05 14:54 -0600
    Re: diamond operator Silvio Bierman <silvio@moc.com> - 2012-04-06 12:06 +0200
      Re: diamond operator Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-04-06 10:53 -0700
        Re: diamond operator Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2012-04-06 21:35 -0500
          Re: diamond operator Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-05-05 20:07 -0400
      Re: diamond operator Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-04-06 19:56 -0600
        Re: diamond operator Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-04-06 20:02 -0600
  Re: diamond operator Arivald <NOSPAMarivald@interia.pl> - 2012-04-05 10:11 +0200
    Re: diamond operator Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-04-05 11:34 -0700
      Re: diamond operator Arivald <NOSPAMarivald@interia.pl> - 2012-04-05 22:02 +0200
        Re: diamond operator ObeseeExpen <ObeseeExpen.5ibto0@no-mx.forums.yourdomain.com.au> - 2012-09-03 12:39 -0400
      Re: diamond operator Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2012-04-05 18:18 -0500
      Re: diamond operator Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-04-05 19:38 -0400
      Re: diamond operator Silvio Bierman <silvio@moc.com> - 2012-04-06 17:07 +0200
        Re: diamond operator Thufir <hawat.thufir@gmail.com> - 2012-04-06 08:51 -0700
          Re: diamond operator Silvio Bierman <silvio@moc.com> - 2012-04-08 15:12 +0200
    Re: diamond operator Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-04-05 19:41 -0400

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