Java is about to get templates, like C++.

[ara_e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Ara Abrahamian)]

hi!
Well said!

I have questions:
1- GJ converts templates to normal Java. So we lose template type info
during debugging?
2- Can we define classes like "public class Point<int> {" and like? What
about those ugly template inheritance we had in C++? Also mixing exceptions
and templates was a pain, will it be in GJ too?
3- Seems we will still need those Integer, Double, etc classes?
4- I remember once Gosling talked about something called "lightweight
object" or something like that! Is this GJ covering it? Seems it should do
object creating/GC much better for small objects like Integer, Point, etc.

Ara Abrahamian
bi!


> Also templates are great at code writing/compile time - but a nightmare
> when it comes to debugging. All those horrendously long symbol names,
> confuse both the debugger and me!





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