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Re:Java 21 makes me like Java again by classabove on Sunday September 17, 2023 @12:30AM (#37541534)
Are you specifically referring to method function receiver type annotations? Those are often left shorthand but shouldn't exist out of the type definition file anyway eh?
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Re:Java 21 makes me like Java again by speedgoose on Sunday September 17, 2023 @03:15AM (#37542356)
I’m referring to this guideline:

> Variable names in Go should be short rather than long. This is especially true for local variables with limited scope. Prefer c to lineCount. Prefer i to sliceIndex.

https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/CodeReviewComments#variabl...

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Re:Java 21 makes me like Java again by imtringued on Sunday September 17, 2023 @05:28AM (#37543136)
One of those is not like the other...

lineCount is literally perfect meanwhile sliceIndex could be anything.

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