On Thu, 9 Nov 2023 09:40:34 GMT, Tagir F. Valeev <tval...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/stream/Gatherers.java line 426: >> >>> 424: * transformation for scenarios where no combiner-function can be >>> 425: * implemented, or for reductions which are intrinsically >>> 426: * order-dependent. >> >> I think, we should highlight the most important difference between `fold` >> and `reduce`: `reduce` must provide an associative function, while `fold` >> does not require this restriction. > > Please take a look here, probably this comment was overlooked? Yeah, I was thinking about that. I tried to word it will "less jargon" so it is easier to casually read and understand. I'm wondering if adding "associativity" helps in that regard? 🤔 ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16420#discussion_r1387773098
