Re: Parrot parser customization

2020-08-10 Thread Saravanan Palanichamy
Hello Jochen Thank you for your detailed email. Rethinking my ask, and summarizing at the same time. Your short answer is no you cannot customize the parrot parser to do this. But I can build using the internal method chaining But, one of my limitations is that I am not executing/defining thi

[DRAFT] Apache Board Report August 2020 (reporting on May/Jun/Jul)

2020-08-10 Thread Paul King
Hi Everyone, Any other updates/comments before I submit our latest board report? (Due in a couple of days) Thanks, Paul. ===>8== ## Description: Apache Groovy is responsible for the evolution and maintenance of the Groovy programming language. Groovy is a multi-faceted J

Re: [DRAFT] Apache Board Report August 2020 (reporting on May/Jun/Jul)

2020-08-10 Thread Jochen Theodorou
On 10.08.20 12:57, Paul King wrote: Hi Everyone, Any other updates/comments before I submit our latest board report? (Due in a couple of days) gcontracts falls in August, thus would be part of the next report? bye Jochen

Re: [DRAFT] Apache Board Report August 2020 (reporting on May/Jun/Jul)

2020-08-10 Thread Paul King
Correct. I would say that this quarter's "planning for GContracts" falls under "planning our roadmap for Groovy 4" but I was going to refrain from more specific details until the next quarter where it's worth a specific mention. Cheers, Paul. On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 9:41 PM Jochen Theodorou wrot

RE: switch destructuring

2020-08-10 Thread Milles, Eric (TR Technology)
The current state of Java's switch expression is described briefly here: https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/13/language/switch-expressions.html They are a stepping stone to introducing pattern matching. First step is statement -> expression and multi case. This new syntax creates a gap b

Re: [DRAFT] Apache Board Report August 2020 (reporting on May/Jun/Jul)

2020-08-10 Thread Jochen Theodorou
+1

Re: switch destructuring

2020-08-10 Thread Paul King
Yes, supporting switch expressions would make a big improvement I would think even if not exactly the same as Java. On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 11:28 PM Milles, Eric (TR Technology) < eric.mil...@thomsonreuters.com> wrote: > The current state of Java's switch expression is described briefly here: > h

Re: switch destructuring

2020-08-10 Thread Leonard Brünings
Hi, this is Brian Goetz initial idea https://cr.openjdk.java.net/~briangoetz/amber/pattern-match.html And these are the related JEPs https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/361 https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/375 and this is the umbrella project amber https://openjdk.java.net/projects/amber/ cheers - Leo

Re: [DRAFT] Apache Board Report August 2020 (reporting on May/Jun/Jul)

2020-08-10 Thread Remko Popma
+1 Remko. > On Aug 10, 2020, at 19:57, Paul King wrote: > >  > > Hi Everyone, > > Any other updates/comments before I submit our latest board report? (Due in a > couple of days) > > Thanks, Paul. > > ===>8== > > ## Description: > Apache Groovy is responsible for