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Re: lectures about "programming methodology"

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On 05/06/2013 05:18 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> Sven Köhler <remove-sven.koehler@gmail.com> writes:
>> To be honest, the notion "anonymous vairable" is really not necessary to
>> understand how arrays work - and to be honest, your posting is the first
>> time I read that term.
>
>    The JLS, while being technical, actually sometimes is quite
>    easy to read:

Subtext?

>    One can open the table of contents, spot chapter »10. Arrays«,
>    and immediately read near the very beginning of that chapter:
>
>        »An array object contains a number of variables.« (JLS7 10)
>
>        »The variables contained in an array have no names« (JLS7 10)      |
>
>    The expression »new int[ 3 ]« has as its value an array of three       |
>    variables, but neither this object nor those variables have
>    a name.

So apparently I haven't read that part of the JLS. And neither has the 
lecturer. And this might me the shock: most people and most lecturers 
haven't read the JLS. At least to my experience.

>> I know that you are particular precise about thing, but I'm pretty sure,
>> he will teach that arrays have elements.
>
>        »These variables are called the components of the array.« (JLS7 10)

Well ...
So what did the lecturer call them?


Regards,
   SVen

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Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Sven Köhler <remove-sven.koehler@gmail.com> - 2013-05-06 16:56 +0300
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