Friday, Jun 6, 2003, 6:07 AM
Yet another C# feature creeps into Java
Here. From Keith Wedinger: Java SDK 1.5 (code named Tiger) is going to support variable length argument lists. In C#, this is accomplished via the params keyword. In Java, they are going to use an ellipsis token.
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anon:
Not a bad thing. It's always good to have a choice. Considering what we've got in C# that was taken from Java, I don't think we should be spinning this as "yet another C# feature in Java".
Friday, Jun 6, 2003, 6:43 AM
Mike Dimmick:
I'm not quite clear on whether this was an ANSI C proposal propogated into C++, or a C++ feature back-propogated into C (like the whole function-declarations thing...)
The proposed Java syntax is a bit of a hybrid though: it insists that you declare 'Object[] args...' even though Object is the only valid type for it. I suppose you couldn't do what C/C++ do and only provide a library function for getting at your parameter array.
The proposed Java syntax is a bit of a hybrid though: it insists that you declare 'Object[] args...' even though Object is the only valid type for it. I suppose you couldn't do what C/C++ do and only provide a library function for getting at your parameter array.
Friday, Jun 6, 2003, 3:45 PM
anon:
Is it possible to ask for a variable length array of strings, a la "params string[]"?
Friday, Jun 6, 2003, 8:10 PM
Stephane Rodriguez:
Slightly irreverant to what the Java people did so far.
Sunday, Jun 8, 2003, 3:26 AM
