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From: Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Assigning void
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 21:35:11 -0400
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On 10/13/2012 5:45 PM, Eric Sosman wrote:
> On 10/13/2012 4:33 PM, Wanja Gayk wrote:
>> [...]
>> But still I fancy the idea to be able to write:
>>
>> purse.isEmpty() ? goHome() : goToTheMovies();
>> as a shorthand for:
>> if (purse.isEmpty()) goHome(); else goToTheMovies();
>>
>> What would be wrong about that?
>
>      (purse.isEmpty()
>          ? new Runnable() {
>                @Override
>                public void run() {
>                    goHome();
>                }
>            }
>          : new Runnable() {
>                @Override
>                public void run() {
>                    goToTheMovies();
>                }
>            }
>      ).doIt();
>
> Problem solved!

     ... once the method name in the final line is changed from
`doIt' to `run'.  >Sigh<  The perils of making "clarifying edits"
without similar attention to proofreading ...

-- 
Eric Sosman
esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid