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0 pointsrogerkeays2y ago0 comments

Kotlin is great, but it is a fairly heavy dependency if all you want is extension methods. Java has mostly caught up in many other aspects, so I'm experimenting with Java + one or two compiler hacks. Checked exceptions are my next target...

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javanonymous2y ago· 2 in thread

I'm curious about how you plan to work on checked exceptions.

If it's just about ignoring forced exception management, Lombok provides the @SneakyThrows annotation.

I would need something more before I add a new type of extension. Maybe if you could solve the null-check issue.

i.e. rewriting

    var x = a.getFoo()?.getBar()

    var x = a.getFoo() != null ? a.getFoo().getBar() : null

In that case I may consider it for my personal projects, and then potentially recommend it at work once it becomes more widespread and has IDE support.

rogerkeaysOP2y ago

I don't know yet. I'm already using some of my own variations of sneakyThrows, but what I really want is just to disable the whole damn thing in the compiler (checked exceptions are a compiler feature, not a JVM feature). I won't be changing the Java syntax though, sorry!

zeedude2y ago

I believe Manifold already does this.

https://github.com/manifold-systems/manifold/tree/master/man...

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