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Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors

From	Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors
Followup-To	comp.lang.java.programmer
Date	2011-02-05 19:41 +1300
Organization	Geek Central
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In message <iiimec$dh1$1@news.eternal-september.org>, Joshua Cranmer wrote:

> On 02/04/2011 08:37 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> Here’s another fun one.
>>
>> In section 4.8, on page 58, it says:
>>
>>      The use of raw types is allowed only as a concession to
>>      compatibility of legacy code. The use of raw types in code written
>>      after the introduction of genericity into the Java programming
>>      language is strongly discouraged. It is possible that future
>>      versions of the Java programming language will disallow the use of
>>      raw types.
>>
>> (That last sentence is in bold.) However, in the discussion on page 136:
>>
>>      Technically, the type name Foo above is a raw type ...
> 
> I trimmed this down to the key sentence.

So did I. Try again.

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Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-02-05 14:37 +1300
  Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-02-05 00:15 -0500
    Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-02-05 10:10 -0500
    Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-02-05 19:41 +1300
  Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-02-04 23:59 -0500
    Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-02-05 19:42 +1300
      Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-02-05 09:34 -0500
        Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2011-02-05 12:52 -0500

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