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Re: diamond operator

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From David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca>
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Subject Re: diamond operator
Date Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:44:09 -0400
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On 04/04/2012 9:15 PM, Lew wrote:
> 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".
>>
>> 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.

Overly harsh IMHO. If you ever change one of those places, you need to 
change them all, and having the language feature makes it easier and 
less error prone.

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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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