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Is Java still lacking constructs like

     var thingy = FactoryFactoryObjectThingymybobProducer

The compiler actually knows what type is on the right of the = sign. Having to write FactoryFactoryObjectThingymybobProducer is not good for anything.

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Usually this is not what you want to separate interfaces from implementations. For example, this:

    List<T> l = new ArrayList<T>();

is preferred to this:

    ArrayList<T> l = new ArrayList<T>();

Of course, it would be nice for the compiler to assume the latter if no type is specified on the left side.

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