Java: Update on String Templates (JEP 459)

I don’t want to piss on anyone’s hard work… I just do not like the proposed syntax for string templates.

STR.” doesn’t make sense. STR looks like a constant. . Looks like a function call or field access, and “ shouldn’t follow period. Recycling these characters is just hard to grok.

And the API just leaves too much of the language to upend imho. There’s a reason why Java doesn’t do things like operator overloading… it’s a cool party trick but in the long run it does more harm than good on codebases you werent the sole author on.

How about a new string delineator and use the \{brace} format and we call it good? Super easy and IDE support would be a snap too.

I just feel they’re reaching for too much. But i DO appreciate they’re taking their time. Java is one of the last bastions where people are doing real effort into maintaining backwards compatibility.