So is Java 7 finally going to get the closures? What's the latest news?
Is that err... latest?
Bill Skapfman
2010-03-27 12:09:54
+1
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Already has been asked here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/233579/closures-in-java-7 :) Should followup there
Neer
2010-03-27 12:08:31
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The latest news is AFAIK still as of late Nov 2009 that closures will be in Java 7 in some form. Since this was given as the main reason for a significant delay in the release, it seems pretty unlikely that they'll drop it again.
Michael Borgwardt
2010-03-27 12:10:48
No, it wasn't given as the main reason for a significant delay in the release. A significant delay in release was given as one of the reasons they were going to try to add closures.
ColinD
2010-03-27 14:43:35
+4
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Yes, closures were include to release plan of java 7 (and it was the most significant reason to delay release from winter to autumn (expected in September 2010)).
The latest news could be found at Project Lambda. You may also be interested in reading latest specification draft.
Roman
2010-03-27 12:37:42
Actually, the delay was needed for other reasons, and the extra time made it possible to add closures.
Neal Gafter
2010-04-22 01:50:35
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There's been a whole lot of syntax and transparency related debating (particularly focusing on how hard to read a currying function with a particular syntax is, it seems like) going on on the lambda-dev mailing list, and there have been a couple draft proposal iterations from Sun, but I haven't seen much from them on that list in a while.
ColinD
2010-03-27 14:46:35