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Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9

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From Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at>
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Subject Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9
Date Tue, 26 Sep 2017 08:29:53 -0000 (UTC)
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Silvio <silvio@internet.com> wrote:
> I personally think _ as a throw-out identifier is not very useful. If 
> you do not want a name then change the grammar to allow leaving it out 
> at the first place, like C++ did.

Good point.

> I do like what Scala also does with the _ identifier (it also uses it as 
> throw-out identifier). In Scala [...]

That's likely what Brian Goetz referred to in his mail from back in 2013
(see OP for link to mail) :

" [...], except that we are certainly NOT going to do Scala's "wunderbar".

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underscore as keyword in Java 9 Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2017-09-23 11:58 +0000
  Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2017-09-23 18:46 +0200
    Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-09-23 21:01 -0400
      Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2017-09-24 11:25 +0000
        Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2017-09-24 17:30 +0200
        Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-09-24 18:24 -0400
          Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2017-09-24 23:27 +0000
            Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-09-24 21:10 -0400
              Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2017-09-25 13:30 +0000
    Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-25 08:07 -0700
      Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 lewbloch@gmail.com - 2017-09-25 13:21 -0700
      Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2017-09-25 23:30 +0200
        Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-09-25 20:24 -0400
          Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2017-09-26 13:37 +0200
          Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2017-09-27 19:05 +0200
            Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-27 10:25 -0700
              Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2017-09-27 23:02 +0200
            Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-09-27 20:02 -0400
              Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-28 05:11 -0700
                Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-09-28 20:42 -0400
          Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Sebastian <nowhere@nirvana.org> - 2017-09-27 20:26 +0200
            Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2017-09-27 23:10 +0200
        Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2017-09-26 08:29 +0000
          Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2017-09-27 19:08 +0200
          Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Sebastian <nowhere@nirvana.org> - 2017-09-27 21:46 +0200
  Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-27 06:53 -0700
    Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2017-09-27 15:59 +0000
      Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-09-27 19:18 -0400
        Re: underscore as keyword in Java 9 Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte.net> - 2017-09-28 11:41 +0200

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