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| From | Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: iteration blues |
| Date | 2011-11-04 21:06 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <j92265$26e$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 11/4/2011 6:55 PM, Robert Klemme wrote:
> On 04.11.2011 18:46, Lew wrote:
>> Robert Klemme wrote:
>>> I'm surprised nobody seems to mention Iterator.remove().
>>
>> You must have missed:
>>>> If your algorithm is (pseudocoded):
>>>>
>>>> for each item in collection process item delete item from
>>>> collection
>>>>
>>>> you will need the iterator.
>>
>> All right, yeah, it *did* require that one be at least minimally
>> familiar with 'java.util.Iterator' to understand exactly why "you
>> will need the iterator", but every Java programmer from beginner
>> onward surely is aware of 'Iterator#remove()', right? Surely no one
>> calling themselves a Java programmer could be ignorant of such a
>> basic, fundamental, early concept in Java? Could they?
>
> Well... Judging from my experience Iterator.remove() seems to be less
> known than the other methods of that interface[...]
True. Java's designers ought to have known better than to
bloat an interface with *three* methods. That's at least one too
many for today's programmers to grasp. Maybe two too many, or
even more.
--
Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid
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Re: iteration blues Henk van Voorthuijsen <voorth@xs4all.nl> - 2011-11-04 08:07 -0700
Re: iteration blues Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-04 21:02 -0400
Re: iteration blues Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-03 10:08 -0700
Re: iteration blues Travers Naran <tnaran@gmail.com> - 2011-11-03 22:22 -0700
Re: iteration blues Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-11-04 10:34 +0100
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Re: iteration blues Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-11-04 23:55 +0100
Re: iteration blues Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-11-04 21:06 -0400
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Re: iteration blues bob <bob@coolgroups.com> - 2011-11-05 12:40 -0700
Re: iteration blues Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-11-05 16:14 -0400
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