A lazy val is a val

On Tuesday 10 February 2009 17:38:37 Miles Sabin wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Andrew Gaydenko wrote:
> > The subject is cite from here:
> >
> > http://lampsvn.epfl.ch/trac/scala/ticket/1706#comment:3
> >
> > Is the language going to change in such dramatic manner? :-)
>
> Oh for goodness sake ... what language change are you on about?
>
> Look at SLS 4.1 Value Declaration and Definitions: you'll see that
> lazy vals are introduced there and not in some separate section of
> their own.
>
> Yes, it would be a valuable enhancement for the Eclipse plugin to give
> the option of highlighting lazy vals differently from strict vals,
> but that is quite clearly an enhancement as opposed to #736 which was
> equally clearly a bug.
>
> If you really care so much about this ... please just send me a patch.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Miles

I have naively thought, in the current context ("what does this class member
mean?" Eclipse plugin user's question) 'is' means 'is the same', rather formal
definition. A 'val' and a 'lazy val' are both vals, Ok. 'scalac' and a
computer virus are both 'software'. At both cases we are intersted in to not
confuse what is what.

And I agree, at case woud highlighting be absent at all (or be very embrionic
- say for keywords only) the issue can be called 'enhancement'. But at the
current "rich highlighting" plugin state it is just a defect.

> Oh for goodness sake ...

A user is right always, did you forget it? ;-)

Andrew