Re: javac confused by generics on class?

This question would probably be better asked on Stack Overflow or the like. The short answer is that the compiler is following the language spec. §4.8 says: > The type of a constructor (§8.8

Deprecate Double.MIN_VALUE?

At Google, we've had several issues over the years relating to Double.MIN_VALUE. People have not unreasonably supposed that Double.MIN_VALUE has the same relationship to Double.MAX_VALUE as Integer.MIN_VALUE has to Integer.MAX_VALUE. So they think that Double.MIN_VALUE is the (finite) negative numb

Re: In support of Instant.minus(Instant)

I'd say too that this makes intuitive sense based on algebra. If we have: *instant1* + *duration* = *instant2* then we can subtract *duration* from both sides: *instant1 = instant2 - duration* or we can subtract *instant1* from both sides: *duration = instant2 - instant1* There's no manipulation w