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From: Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at>
Subject: Re: generics puzzle
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markspace <-@> wrote:
> On 10/17/2011 5:14 AM, Steven Simpson wrote:
>> On 17/10/11 11:41, blmblm@myrealbox.com wrote:
>>> One fix is to just introduce a method setFromModified() in GThing,
>>> but that doesn't appeal to me.
>> Instead of adding it to GThing, create a static method:
>> private static<T> void setModified(GThing<T> t) {
>> t.set(t.modified());
>> }
> I don't like the T here.  While it compiles, this T is a different T 
> than the other T.

If you want to mix GThing<Apple>s and GThing<Orange>s, then you had 
better go by GThing<Fruit> all the way.