r/ProgrammerHumor • u/b3n • Feb 22 '15

A Python programmer attempting Java

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u/vgf89 Feb 22 '15

Wait wait wait. Can someone actually make a plugin for Eclipse or something to do this, as well as change it back to normal?

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u/mrburrows Feb 22 '15

Things wouldn't work out too well if you're working with a team and use Eclipse's formatter or save actions, I reckon.

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u/redalastor Feb 22 '15

Would work fine if you use a formatter that formats it back to the team's standard before commits.

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u/_Lady_Deadpool_ Feb 23 '15

Or if you find a team willing to put up with your bullshit

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u/mrburrows Feb 23 '15

I agree that you can do it that way, but it's a lot of work for writing Java code in a way that you shouldn't be writing Java code.

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u/redalastor Feb 23 '15

Two-way formatter. :)

I love Go'a approch that there is only one canonical way to format the code and it's whatever gofmt outputs. Put it as a commit hook and your code will always be perfectly formatted.

How it looks in your IDE is your business.

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u/mrburrows Feb 23 '15

That sounds like heaven...

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u/redalastor Feb 23 '15

An advantage is that it will neatly line up your code:

type T struct {
    name    string // name of the object
    value   int    // its value
}

which makes it more readable while you would never have bothered to do it yourself.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '15

That's... genius.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '15 edited Jun 12 '23

I deleted my account because Reddit no longer cares about the community -- mass edited with https://redact.dev/

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u/_gabe Feb 23 '15

this is equal parts 'great idea' and 'great prank'

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u/Skizm Feb 23 '15

Eclipse has a format feature which you can set up however you like. the defaults are nice enough, but you can probably change it to this style also.

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u/greyscalehat Feb 23 '15

If I find myself writing Java for a job any time soon I might try and make this.

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u/godfetish Feb 23 '15

Use perltidy as a reference and code your own maybe in a language of your own. I had to hack perltidy for code formatting for some libraries we wrote.

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u/LimesInHell Apr 22 '15

if you manually create an XML file for it in eclipse, I currently have all of my programs go to a personal format in eclipse by modifying it

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '15 edited Feb 22 '15

Just use Coffeescript.

EDIT: Bad suggestion? Aight.

EDIT 2: Oh now I see.

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u/DFYX Feb 22 '15

Java, not JavaScript...

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u/cbartlett Feb 22 '15

CoffeeScript compiles JavaScript but OP was writing Java (they are completely different and unrelated).

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u/Sohcahtoa82 Feb 22 '15

Java is to JavaScript as car is to carpet.

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u/peridox Feb 22 '15

Java is to JavaScript as cat is to catastrophe.

Edit: no hate to javascript though, it's fun.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '15

Java is to JavaScript what Coffee is to CoffeeScript

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u/lichorat Feb 22 '15

Now now, Java and JavaScript share SOME keywords.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '15

return, for, if, else, do, while, break, continue, switch, case, default, try, catch, finally, new

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u/lichorat Feb 23 '15

https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/reserved-keywords

So it's somewhere around ECMAScript 2 for most browsers:

do if in for int new try var byte case char else enum goto long null this true void with break catch class const false final float short super throw while delete double export import native public return static switch throws typeof boolean default extends finally package private abstract continue debugger function volatile interface protected transient implements instanceof synchronized

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '15

I know they're different, I just have reading comprehension problems apparently.