On: Pattern Matching for Java

[_nodg]

Any substantial differences from Scala's implementation? From what I remember of Odersky's book it seems very similar if not identical. (Which is fine - I'm all for Java incorporating the best parts of Scala.)

[kelnos → _nodg]

The syntax looks similar, but there's no mention of an `unapply()`-type thing, which would limit the flexibility of this proposal greatly.

[edejong → _nodg]

For me the best parts would include:

- Type inference

- Everything is an object (no more primitives)

- no obligatory ';' as a statement separator

- Type-classes

- Scoped import statements

At which point we're actually recreating Scala and we might as well switch :)

[pyrale → _nodg]

Caustic people may argue that Java already has the worst parts of Scala :p