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A comment on JEP 286: Local-Variable Type Inference.

Re:JEP 286: Local-Variable Type Inference by scalesolved on Thursday March 10, 2016 @02:02PM (#11261302)
I hope this gets added to the language, we use Lombok heavily where I work and find it pretty great with it's val class that allows type inference, although it requires an explicit import and can't be used within Lambdas.

The website isn't the prettiest but Lombok is a fantastic addition to a Java codebase and massively reduces the amount of boiler plate often associated with Java. A list of Lombok features https://projectlombok.org/features/index.html

Java 8 + Lombok + Guava == happy developers (well at least in my case :) ).

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Re:JEP 286: Local-Variable Type Inference by skippytheroo on Friday March 11, 2016 @12:53AM (#11264887)
Lombok has always been a hacky set of language extentions. It says a lot about the need for more language features in Java that developers have been willing to resort to using it. Adding val and var to Java will be a big step forward.
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Re:JEP 286: Local-Variable Type Inference by scalesolved on Friday March 11, 2016 @09:54AM (#11266908)
Sure, no language is perfect but I've never ran into problems using Lombok in production. I'd gladly welcome the majority of its features being part of the core language though! :)
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Re:JEP 286: Local-Variable Type Inference by seanjensengrey on Thursday March 10, 2016 @04:08PM (#11262321)
If you have an opinionated style guide, I would love to read it. Something like this [0] but for Java.

[0] https://gist.github.com/seanjensengrey/a08910b0d204b037c2ba

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Re:JEP 286: Local-Variable Type Inference by biehl on Thursday March 10, 2016 @04:08PM (#11262323)
My experience is similar, however more like: Groovy === happy developers
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Re:JEP 286: Local-Variable Type Inference by vorg on Thursday March 10, 2016 @05:41PM (#11263110)
Apache Groovy used to have the === operator in its earliest versions, but dropped it in favor of using a custom .is() method. The meaning of == is different to its use in Java, catching out many -- "happy" is not the word I'd use.
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Re:JEP 286: Local-Variable Type Inference by mindcrime on Thursday March 10, 2016 @06:43PM (#11263486)
Same here. Groovy rocks my world and is the main reason I've barely even looked at Java 8.
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Re:JEP 286: Local-Variable Type Inference by vorg on Friday March 11, 2016 @02:16AM (#11265168)
Apache Groovy has some long-standing governance issues, e.g. the groovy-lang.org DNS is owned by a single individual. Other languages such as Kotlin and Scala have more, er, responsible governance.
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Re:JEP 286: Local-Variable Type Inference by incepted on Thursday March 10, 2016 @10:06PM (#11264400)
If Groovy rocks your world, wait until you meet Kotlin...
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Re:JEP 286: Local-Variable Type Inference by skippytheroo on Friday March 11, 2016 @02:00AM (#11265107)
If Kotlin rocks your world, wait until you meet the Scala.
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Re:JEP 286: Local-Variable Type Inference by incepted on Friday March 11, 2016 @12:52PM (#11268218)
I met Scala a few years ago, we had some fun together but she's way too high maintenance.
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Re:JEP 286: Local-Variable Type Inference by javaq on Thursday March 10, 2016 @04:08PM (#11262322)
Are there any repos you can point to that make idiomatic use of J8 + Lombok + Guava as an example for people interested?
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