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From: Steven Simpson <ss@my.domain.invalid>
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Subject: Re: hashtables syntax
Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 22:35:38 +0100
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On 16/05/16 19:23, Stefan Ram wrote:
> Steven Simpson <ss@my.domain.invalid> writes:
>>>> HashMap<> function = new HashMap<String, Type[]>
> ..
>> It would arguably be inappropriate to put the type information 'on the
>> right' in the the OP's case, where the declaration of the reference is
>> separate from its assignment.
>    There are examples outside of the scope of generics where
>    the more-detailed information about the type is on the left
>    and examples where it is on the right.


Sure.  I was not suggesting anything beyond the case of choosing whether 
to permit <> on the left or on the right.

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