New Feature in Java 7

[marc weber]

This is an interesting change...

Due to recent confusion regarding postfix operators, an explicit operator cast will be required in Java 7 to force traditional postfix behavior. In the absence of such a cast, the postfix operator will default to prefix operator behavior.

For example...

//default to prefix...
int x = 10;
int x1 = x++; //now assigns 11 to x1
 
//explicit cast required for true postfix...
int y = 10;
int y1 = y(++); //assigns 10 to to y1

Obviously, this will break a lot of existing code, but the benefits are obvious.

[Tim Weide]

Yay! it's about time they did something that makes sense.

[Christophe Verré]

I heard that you don't need to set the classpath in Java 7.

[marc weber]

Originally posted by Christophe Verre:
I heard that you don't need to set the classpath in Java 7.

Setting the classpath to the jdk/bin is a time-honored tradition!