TBH, I don't know that I think there's a reason to do such a library unless it's really a game changer. Some years ago I was working on some code outside the ASF, but it never went anywhere. The approach I took would have been pretty controversial, but we're so behind the curve here there's no reason IMO to do anything if it's not fairly radical.
Matt On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 12:29 PM, Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi Matt, > > what is your opinion in this topic (targeting Java 8) > > Benedikt > > Matt Benson <gudnabr...@gmail.com> schrieb am Sa. 24. Juni 2017 um 19:18: > >> If we want to repurpose functor for Java 8 then I imagine we'd just >> use their interfaces, for the most part. So the API module would >> indeed probably go away. >> >> Matt >> >> On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 12:08 PM, Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org> >> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> >> Am 16.06.2017 um 13:03 schrieb Matt Benson <mben...@apache.org>: >> >> >> >> Yes, the point of the API module was to define the functional interfaces >> >> separately from the utility code around them; particularly pre-Java 8, >> >> these could be used apart from the utility code from the core. >> > >> > Since we discussed to just release functor for Java 8, do we still need >> this separation? >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Benedikt >> > >> >> >> >> Matt >> >> >> >> On Jun 16, 2017 4:27 AM, "Bruno P. Kinoshita" >> >> <brunodepau...@yahoo.com.br.invalid> wrote: >> >> >> >> No objection here too. I've been gathering some links about other >> libraries >> >> and extensions to Java 8, to have a look at functor in the future and >> see >> >> if it would be interesting to have something there, unless it made more >> >> sense to put it on lang. >> >> >> >> >> >> The reason for the API module, if memory serves me well, was to provide >> a >> >> pre Java 8 implementation. This way we would have >> >> >> >> - api >> >> - an implementation for Java 7 >> >> - an implementation Java 8 that used Lambdas >> >> >> >> Though right now, with Java 9 around the corner, a single module, >> trying to >> >> provide useful code that doesn't fit in lang would be better IMHO. >> >> >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> Bruno >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org> >> >> To: Commons Developers List <dev@commons.apache.org> >> >> Sent: Friday, 16 June 2017 9:04 PM >> >> Subject: [FUNCTOR] Why do we have an API module? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> >> >> I’m about to start work on functor. Looking at the project, I wonder >> why we >> >> have a separation bewteen an API module and implementations. This feels >> >> like overkill to me for a project like functor. Further more I don’t see >> >> other parties extending the stuff in the API module. If nobody objects, >> I’d >> >> like to remove the multi-module build and move everything into a single >> >> code base. >> >> >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> Benedikt >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> >> >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
