Fluent: Static Extension Methods for Java

Re:Fluent: Static Extension Methods for Java by kitd on Monday July 03, 2023 @04:05AM (#36570141)

I appreciate the intent, but man is this like a minefield waiting to be walked over. Anyone who looks at the code will scratch their head and will not understand what is going on. An annotation would perhaps make it clearer.

That is the generic argument against extension methods wherever they appear. They are very confusing, until you get used to remembering their existence, then you know what to search for.

Also, how about IDE support? I would argue it is at least as important as the feature itself.

This is mentioned in TFA.

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Re:Fluent: Static Extension Methods for Java by pdpi on Monday July 03, 2023 @04:47AM (#36570400)

Extension methods in a language that explicitly supports them and with good IDE support are perfectly fine. I love them in Kotlin. Extension methods as a compiler plugin that rewrites the AST... not so great. Great IDE support is a large part of what makes Java worth using, the last thing I need is to break that.

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