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From: Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl>
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Subject: Re: Compare generics (that are numbers)
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 20:42:54 +0200
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Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> writes:

> On 7/29/2020 11:19 AM, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
>> I have a class that starts with:
>>      abstract class CalcValuesGeneric<E> {
>>
>> E will be Integer, int, Float or float. (For now, but always a Number.)
>> What is the best way to determine which of the two is lower?
>
>     Aside: How can you get `<E>' to be `<int>' or `<float>'?  Is that
> something new?  I'm still on Java 8, but the JLS for 14 says "Seq<int>
> is illegal, as primitive types cannot be type arguments." (4.5)

You are completely right, I was not thinking straight. :'-(

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Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
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