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One reason why Gyro rocks

If anyone saw Don Box's post today on delegates being the monikers of .NET (excellent article by the way), they may have seen a preview into the future.  Check out the code sample from Don's article:

public sealed class Tester2 {
    static IEnumerable<object> Generate(Predicate p) {
      List<object> list = new List<object>();
      foreach (object o in MyGoop) {
          if (p(o))
            list.Add(o);
      }
      return list;
    }
}
 
Anyone see the cool template code? If you've never used templates in C++ or Gyro, they are designated by the <> after a type reference. Very cool! I've been messing with Gyro for a while now, primarilly because I know it's the working draft for templates in Whidby. I can't wait for templates in C#. I am so sick of casting and writing "collection classes". Whoo Hoo!!!!!
If anyone is interested in learning more about generics in the CLR, take a look at the generics add on for Rotor @ http://gyro.sscli.net/.
Posted: Jul 21 2003, 10:17 PM by dbrowning | with 1 comment(s)

Comments

Darren Neimke said:

yes, generics look pretty cool, but... would the code that Don showed us be functionally any different if I wrote it like so...


public sealed class Tester2 {
static IEnumerable Generate(Predicate p) {
List list = new List();
foreach (object o in MyGoop) {
if (p(o))
list.Add(o);
}
return list;
}
}
# July 21, 2003 11:33 PM
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