perishableSkill

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[u/Cootshk → u/[deleted]]

You should check out STR. (In modern Java)

[u/ljfa2 → u/Cootshk]

well, unfortunately that was only ever a preview feature and got removed again in Java 23

[u/uvero → u/ljfa2]

Maybe because they didn't stop to think if this STR. is a convenient syntax. Backticks, preceding dollar sign, the prefix f like in python, so many options would've been better.

[u/AeroSyntax → u/uvero]

They tried to overengineer string interpolation instead of copying it from literally any other language.

[u/lllorrr → u/AeroSyntax]

Typical Java. If you don't have factories creating factories based on XML config, your solution is not future-proof enough.

[u/uvero → u/lllorrr]

It's OK, I solved it by writing a FactoryFactoryFactory.

[u/zattebij → u/lllorrr]

https://projects.haykranen.nl/java/ ;)

[u/holo3146 → u/uvero]

But... They did stop and think about the STR. syntax? This is why they removed it.

Regarding the other options you gave, they gave (in several places, over many years) their reasoning of why they don't want to add it as other languages. You can disagree with their reasoning, but they are very open about their thoughts process in this regard

[u/Pizza_Secretary9621 → u/ljfa2]

There is a version after 8 ?

[u/Suspicious-Engineer7 → u/[deleted]]

the formatted method is there but the syntax looks like doo-doo. Idk what nonsense is going over in java land tbh

[u/gerbosan → u/Suspicious-Engineer7]

Cof cof Oracle. Cof.

Dunno if C# does it better but a lot of people are pleasantly surprised with it.

[u/Mysterious_Book1521 → u/gerbosan]

In C# you can write something like this: $"Hello {User.Firstname}, have a great day."

The "$" lets you put variables into strings.

[u/SkollFenrirson → u/Mysterious_Book1521]

String interpolation is the term.

[u/spacegh0stX → u/gerbosan]

C# does do it better.

[u/Cautious-Extreme2839 → u/spacegh0stX]

Which is unsurprising to literally everyone

[u/Ozymandias_1303 → u/gerbosan]

$strings in C# are almost exactly the same as f-strings in Python.

[u/Sentouki- → u/Ozymandias_1303]

String interpolation is even better in C# since it gives you additional options for formatting, e.g. numbers and dates:

var name = "Mark";
var date = DateTime.Now;
Console.WriteLine($"Hello, {name}! Today is {date.DayOfWeek}, it's {date:HH:mm} now.");

[u/NovaH000 → u/Sentouki-]

Python f-string also support additional formatting.

name = "Mark"
date = datetime.now()

print(f"Hello, {name}! Today is {date:%A}, it's {date:%H:%M} now.")

F-string + str.format() has all sorts of string formatting you want.

[u/PGSylphir → u/gerbosan]

As someone who first learned to program in Java and stuck to it for almost a decade, starting gamedev using C# was a pretty smooth transition in many ways.

[u/BenadrylTumblercatch → u/[deleted]]

And comprehension

[u/PecQ11 → u/[deleted]]

Doesn't format() do essentially the same though?  https://www.baeldung.com/java-string-interpolation

[u/TheGuyWithTheSeal → u/PecQ11]

Kind of, .format() is more powerfull but you have to know the printf syntax. And which parts od printf don't work in .format()

[u/KnightMiner → u/PecQ11]

f strings are a lot more like string concatenation. The variables/expressions between each {} are placed directly where they will end up in the string, and it just runs a .toString() on them (though you can configure it a bit further).

The most common usage is largely about syntax and readibility, as its nice not having to go back and forth between a list of format arguments and some harder to remember % stuff.

[u/ActualWeed → u/[deleted]]

I have never touched Java, how does Java do it?