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| From | Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> |
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| Subject | Re: the true literal |
| Date | Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:37:29 -0500 |
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On 11/21/2013 11:23 PM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
> [...]
> 3.9. Keywords
>
> 50 character sequences, formed from ASCII letters, are reserved for use
> as keywords and cannot be used as identifiers (ยง3.8).
>
> Keyword: one of
> abstract continue for new switch
> assert default if package synchronized
> boolean do goto private this
> break double implements protected throw
> byte else import public throws
> case enum instanceof return transient
> catch extends int short try
> char final interface static void
> class finally long strictfp volatile
> const float native super while
Note the absence of `null' from this list. The situation
seems very similar to that of `true' and `false': all three
are "literals" rather than "keywords". These literals happen
to be spelled entirely with letters rather than with arcane
symbol clusters like `314.159e-2', but they're still "literals".
To me, this seems a good example of a "difference that makes
no difference" -- but a hair-splitting literal-ist (sorry) might
find a difference just so he can feel smug about it.
--
Eric Sosman
esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid
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Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-21 23:23 -0500
Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-21 23:54 -0500
Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 07:55 -0500
Re: the true literal Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-11-22 09:37 -0500
Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 11:07 -0500
Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 11:53 -0500
Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 12:11 -0500
Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 12:24 -0500
Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 12:37 -0500
Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 13:08 -0500
Re: the true literal Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-11-22 13:33 -0500
Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 14:39 -0500
Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 17:38 -0500
[OT] Re: the true literal Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-11-22 17:59 -0500
Re: the true literal Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2013-11-23 16:27 +0000
Re: the true literal Sebastian <news@seyweiler.dyndns.org> - 2013-11-23 21:24 +0100
Re: the true literal Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2013-11-23 21:23 +0000
Re: the true literal Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-11-27 13:51 -0800
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