Keyword var in for loop not working

[hamoid]

Hi :) Is this expected?

ArrayList<PVector> vv = new ArrayList<>();

void setup() {
  vv.add(PVector.random2D());
  vv.add(PVector.random2D());
  vv.add(PVector.random2D());
  
  // not good
  for(var v : vv) {
    println(v);
  }
  
  // good
  vv.forEach(v -> {
    println(v);
  });
}

[sampottinger]

Hey there!

This fork moved us from a Java 5 to a Java 8 grammar which is why generics and lambdas work now. I think var was added in Java 10. So, it’s expected that the above snippet wont work but it doesn’t mean it’s desired.

Originally I was going to tackle moving to an 11 grammar in a separate PR as there’s some particularly meddlesome changes involved but ... we might still have some time on our hands ... so I’ll take a look again at moving the grammar to Java 11. Thanks!

[sampottinger]

Hey @hamoid! Thank you again for the bug report. The more I thought about it the more I realized that missing some of the new Java 11 features might be asking for some serious confusion (in particular, missing var is a bummer as more documentation online begins to adopt it). I have a working draft of this. I'll post shortly.

import java.util.*;
import java.util.function.*;

void setup() {
  List<String> list = new ArrayList<>();
  list.add("line1\nline2");
  list.add("line3");
  
  // Local variable type inference in loop
  for (var s : list) {
    println(s);
  }
  
  // Thanks https://codete.com/blog/java-8-java-11-quick-guide/
  IntFunction<Integer> testLambda = (var x) -> x * 2; // Type inference in lambda
  
  // Local variable type inference
  var testString = list.get(0);
  println(testString.lines().count()); // Java 11 API
}

[sampottinger]

#105 is passing CI! I'll do a little more testing this afternoon and merge in this evening. Chat soon!

[hamoid]

Amazing! Thank you for doing this :)

[sampottinger]

The merge is in!