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Maybe in 15 years Java will finally get pattern matching, but it's never getting higher kinded types.
by kod 8y ago
Maybe in 15 years Java will finally get pattern matching, but it's never getting higher kinded types.
- carey 8y agoThe first step towards pattern matching will be previewed in JDK 12[1], as a Kotlin-like switch statement, to form the basis of pattern matching[2] together with changes already in JDK 11[3]. I think it will be more like 15 months than 15 years. I don’t expect higher kinded types any time soon, though. [1]: http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/325 http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/325 [2]: http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/305 http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/305 [3]: http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/309 http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/309
- kod 8y agoIf it doesn't have what 305 calls "deconstruction patterns" and "nested patterns", it's not really pattern matching. I'll be impressed if those make it in within 15 months.