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Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set?

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Date	2017-08-03 08:51 -0700
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Subject	Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set?
From	Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com>

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On Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 10:37:49 AM UTC-4, Andreas Leitgeb wrote:
> Generally, Comparable<Object> makes little sense based on what 
> Comparable is designed for, namely as an anti-symmetric operation.
> I was even surprised that Comparable does not restrict its type
> argument, but then I remembered that were it defined like
>   Comparable<T extends Comparable<T>>
> then it wouldn't be possible to use it with anonymous classes.
> 

This was for a custom Comparable class which can have multiple states.  In one it returns a String, in another it returns an Integer from getCompareValue().  The comparator sorts these, grouping the values together by the compare type.

> Maybe a newer eclipse than mine has some hardcoded "knowledge"
> of Comparable and therefore tries to make something more sensible
> than the locked-down interface would imply.
> 

I'm running 4.7.0.

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What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-27 12:12 -0700
  Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> - 2017-07-27 14:38 -0500
    Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-27 12:49 -0700
  Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-07-27 15:49 -0400
    Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-27 12:55 -0700
    Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-27 13:22 -0700
      Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-27 13:30 -0700
      Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> - 2017-07-27 15:34 -0500
      Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-07-27 18:27 -0400
        Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? lewbloch@gmail.com - 2017-07-28 18:51 -0700
    Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2017-07-29 06:03 +0000
  Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2017-07-28 18:19 +0000
    Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-28 13:28 -0700
      Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-07-28 17:20 -0400
        Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-31 05:24 -0700
          Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-07-31 12:01 -0400
            Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-31 10:58 -0700
          Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Sebastian <nowhere@nirvana.org> - 2017-07-31 18:13 +0200
          Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? lewbloch@gmail.com - 2017-07-31 09:24 -0700
          Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-07-31 19:24 -0400
        Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-08-01 06:36 -0700
          Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-08-01 10:58 -0400
            Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-08-01 08:09 -0700
              Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? lewbloch@gmail.com - 2017-08-01 09:39 -0700
                Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-08-01 10:18 -0700
                Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2017-08-02 09:22 +0000
                Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-08-02 05:13 -0700
                Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2017-08-03 14:33 +0000
                Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-08-03 08:51 -0700
                Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-08-03 12:20 -0400
                Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-08-03 10:15 -0700
                Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-08-03 13:42 -0400
                Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-08-03 11:17 -0700
                Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-08-05 16:08 -0400
                Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2017-08-05 20:31 +0000
                Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-08-05 17:25 -0400
                Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2017-08-05 22:11 +0000
                Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Sebastian <nowhere@nirvana.org> - 2017-08-06 18:13 +0200
                Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-08-02 12:56 -0700
  Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-07-29 16:55 -0400
  Re: What's the best way to make a cross string set? Sebastian <nowhere@nirvana.org> - 2017-07-29 23:56 +0200

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