• ryuukk_ (5/5) Aug 02 That's funny to see Java being modernized before D
• Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole (5/14) Aug 02 It is not exactly surprising that Java is getting nullability type state...

ryuukk_ <ryuukk.dev gmail.com> writes:

That's funny to see Java being modernized before D

Pattern matching, and now nullable types with the introduction of 
'?' and '!'

https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8303099


If you know DMD, submit your PR today

"Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole" <richard cattermole.co.nz> writes:

On 02/08/2024 10:26 PM, ryuukk_ wrote:
 That's funny to see Java being modernized before D
 
 Pattern matching, and now nullable types with the introduction of '?' 
 and '!'
 
 https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8303099
 
 
 If you know DMD, submit your PR today

It is not exactly surprising that Java is getting nullability type state 
representation in the language.

Other JVM languages have had it for around 15 years and it appears to be 
useful information for optimization.