Re: support of Java style arrays; or using Groovy arrays?

On 23 Feb 2005, at 19:57, Guillaume Laforge wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:35:54 +0000, jastrachan@...
> <jastrachan@...> wrote:
>> In general yes - but I think arrays and lists could be an obvious
>> exception
>>
>> int[] x = [1, 2, 3]
>>
>> seems reasonable. e.g. Java allows
>>
>> int[] x = {1, 2, 3}
>>
>> so I think the explicit coercion for lists & arrays in static type 
>> mode
>> seems a little noisy.
>
> In static type mode, yes, I quite like that notation too:
>
> int[] x = [1, 2, 3]
>
> creates an array of ints.
>
> But for  dynamic typing, the explicit coercion is needed:
>
> def x = [1, 2, 3] as int[]
>
> Otherwise,
>
> def x = [1, 2, 3]
>
> would create a list, not an array.

Absolutely!

James
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