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Subject: Re: Generic package parameters not externally visible : what's the
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From: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:25:21 -0400
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"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:

> My take is that any generic code is potentially broken. Anyone who uses
> generics beyond very trivial cases should know that, and mentally prepare
> himself to fix his code over and over again.

That is certainly not my experience. I use generics extensively; it's
one of the best features of the language.

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