Hi Matti,
On 28/04/2020 19:29, mojo2012 wrote:
2. There are a lot of reasons to not have a variable declared as final
(think about loops). Being forced to use another keyword to "un-final" the
variable would break the sense of this whole discussion. And treating all
local variables as final woul
-1
I agree with Anne and the others; I see no compelling use case for this. If
making variable definitions line up is the goal then make your variable
definitions line up... that is what whitespace was invented for. And I can't
think of a single keyword (other than "final" or "const") that w
> On 28. Apr 2020, at 15.09, mojo2012 wrote:
>
> I'm looking forward to get some feedback from you (hopefully positive :-))
>
> [ ] +1 Add either val or let as new shortcut for "final def"/"final var"
> [ ] 0 I don't have a strong opinion about this, but I assume it's ok
> [ ] -1 I don't lik
-1
Adding multiple keywords to achieve one result makes a language more
difficult to read and to learn. I think there needs to be a very compelling
reason to even seriously consider doing so. Unless I've misunderstood, in
this case the reason is that someone wants a three character keyword so
thei
Hey MG :-)
2. There are a lot of reasons to not have a variable declared as final
(think about loops). Being forced to use another keyword to "un-final" the
variable would break the sense of this whole discussion. And treating all
local variables as final would pose a lot of issues too. I don't t
-1 vote from me
We have "def x" and "var x" for non-final variables and we can use just "final
x" for a one-time assignable variable. So there is already a sufficiently
terse option available.
-Original Message-
From: mojo2012
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 7:10 AM
To: d...@groovy.inc
As an avid final user, I would vote +1 in principle, with the following
caveats : -)
1. I am alas not fond of either the "val" or the "let" keyword
(explanation upcoming).
2. Groovy has @AutoFinal
(https://docs.groovy-lang.org/latest/html/gapi/groovy/transform/AutoFinal.html)
- while w
+1 I like the idea.
Best regards / Med venlig hilsen,
Søren Berg Glasius
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Den tir. 28. apr. 2020 kl. 14.24 skrev mojo2012 :
> Dear development community,
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> I'
