[android-developers] Re: Java Guru needed -- compiler bug?

Ok, thanks. So it seems like an arbitrary limitation since there is
no real reason why the compiler couldn't look at the method signature
like it does in every other case.

On May 20, 11:11 pm, Kostya Vasilyev <kmans...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 20.05.2011 18:24, Streets Of Boston ?????:
>
> > And i'm still not sure why the compiler can't pick up the same info
> > from the 's' parameter declaration of the method 'method'....
>
> This has some interesting stuff on Java's type inference for generics:
>
> http://www.angelikalanger.com/GenericsFAQ/FAQSections/TechnicalDetail...
>
> My impression is, there are several special cases where the type is
> inferred, one of them being assignment.
>
> The page has examples where type inference doesn't work, and suggests
> using a temporary variable to help the compiler, just as was discovered.
>
> --
> Kostya Vasilyev --http://kmansoft.wordpress.com

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