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Re: looping through a list, starting at 1

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From	Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at>
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Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> wrote:
> And my point was that there often is a way to put that
> bifurcation into a compile-time structure rather than
> run time.

For classes I design myself: yes. It's called "virtual
methods" and is a standard feature of Java ;-)

That just isn't an option for foreign library classes
if the "bifurcation" happens in my own code.

>> Now, would you call "instanceof" in the specific context of
>> bifurcation (with none of the branches just barfing) still
>> a red flag?
> Yes.

I'm still eager to see an alternative to "instanceof"
for the RandomAccess-case.

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Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-08-01 20:32 -0400
  Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-08-02 02:42 -0700
    Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2011-08-02 19:32 +0000
      Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-08-10 09:00 -0700
        Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-08-10 21:39 +0000
          Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-08-10 19:10 -0300
            Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-08-10 22:50 +0000
              Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-08-11 07:02 -0300
                Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-08-11 11:37 +0000
                Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-08-11 07:14 -0700
                Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-08-11 16:18 +0000
                Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-08-11 17:39 -0300
                Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-08-12 08:09 +0000
                Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 supercalifragilisticexpialadiamaticonormalizeringelimatisticantations <supercalifragilisticexpialadiamaticonormalizeringelimatisticantations@averylongandannoyingdomainname.com> - 2011-08-11 09:52 -0400
                Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-08-11 17:26 -0300
                Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 supercalifragilisticexpialadiamaticonormalizeringelimatisticantations <supercalifragilisticexpialadiamaticonormalizeringelimatisticantations@averylongandannoyingdomainname.com> - 2011-08-11 20:11 -0400
          Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-08-10 20:31 -0700
            Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-08-11 16:07 +0000
              Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-08-11 09:20 -0700
                Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-08-11 18:03 +0000
                Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-08-11 12:55 -0700
                Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-08-12 08:32 +0000
                Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 supercalifragilisticexpialadiamaticonormalizeringelimatisticantations <supercalifragilisticexpialadiamaticonormalizeringelimatisticantations@averylongandannoyingdomainname.com> - 2011-08-12 09:09 -0400
                Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-08-12 14:38 +0000
                Re: looping through a list, starting at 1 Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-08-12 14:51 +0000

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