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Re: @Override

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On 24.07.2012 00:22, Silvio Bierman wrote:
> Using an annotation is, as with
> almost all uses of annotations, a poor attempt at making up for the lack
> of a proper language feature.

That is nonsense.  The mere fact that users can define their own 
annotations along with handling these annotations demonstrates that 
annotations solve problems which cannot be tackled by changing a 
language's syntax.  Annotations add *arbitrary* meta data to language 
constructs; if all these would have to be handled by a language change 
you would need a new Java for every custom library which requires 
additional meta data.

Kind regards

	robert

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@Override bob smith <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2012-07-23 11:30 -0700
  Re: @Override Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-07-23 20:52 +0200
  Re: @Override markspace <-@.> - 2012-07-23 11:54 -0700
    Re: @Override Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-07-23 13:05 -0700
    Re: @Override Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-07-23 19:54 -0400
  Re: @Override "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-23 15:56 -0400
    Re: @Override Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2012-07-23 14:19 -0700
      Re: @Override rossum <rossum48@coldmail.com> - 2012-07-24 13:09 +0100
        Re: @Override Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-07-24 21:29 -0400
      Re: @Override Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-07-24 09:04 -0400
  Re: @Override Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-07-23 16:35 -0400
    Re: @Override Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-07-23 13:59 -0700
      Re: @Override Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-07-23 23:40 +0200
        Re: @Override Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-07-23 14:51 -0700
          Re: @Override Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-07-24 00:08 +0200
            Re: @Override Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-07-23 16:57 -0700
      Re: @Override Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-07-24 09:46 +0200
    Re: @Override Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-07-23 19:58 -0400
      Re: @Override Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-07-23 22:16 -0400
        Re: @Override Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-07-23 22:57 -0400
          Re: @Override Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-07-23 23:47 -0400
            Re: @Override Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-07-24 21:35 -0400
    Re: @Override Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-07-26 20:00 -0600
  Re: @Override Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-07-23 14:01 -0700
  Re: @Override Silvio Bierman <silvio@moc.com> - 2012-07-24 00:22 +0200
    Re: @Override Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-07-23 19:53 -0400
      Re: @Override Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-07-23 18:59 -0700
      Re: @Override Silvio Bierman <silvio@moc.com> - 2012-07-24 22:57 +0200
        Re: @Override Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-07-24 21:24 -0400
    Re: @Override Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-07-24 15:36 +0200
      Re: @Override Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-07-24 09:54 -0700
      Re: @Override Silvio Bierman <silvio@moc.com> - 2012-07-24 23:14 +0200
        Re: @Override Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-07-25 07:57 +0200
          Re: @Override Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-07-25 10:34 -0700
          Re: @Override Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-07-25 14:54 -0400
            Re: @Override Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2012-07-30 14:42 +0200
      Re: @Override Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-07-24 21:20 -0400
        Re: @Override Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-07-25 06:26 -0700
          Re: @Override Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-07-25 17:16 -0400
  Re: @Override Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-07-23 20:59 -0700
  Re: @Override Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2012-07-24 16:06 +0200

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