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A comment on What's new in Java 12, 13 and 14. Parent comment

Re:What's new in Java 12, 13 and 14 by kod on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @08:57AM (#21813431)
Kotlin doesn't have real pattern matching.
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Re:What's new in Java 12, 13 and 14 by lllr_finger on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @09:02AM (#21813477)
It doesn't, but at least 'when' statements will be exhaustive when working with sealed classes - which is a breath of fresh air if you enjoy working with sum types and pattern matching.
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Re:What's new in Java 12, 13 and 14 by kod on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @05:52PM (#21819842)
when expressions will be exhaustive, when statements will not.

Needless distinctions like that make the fresh air a little less fresh...

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