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Why doesn't Comparable<T> include any type bound? [closed]
Why do you think the definition of Comparable<T> lacks an upper bound on T?
That is, why is it not defined as:
Comparable<T extends Comparable<?>>
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Comparable<T extends ...
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The bound mechanism by generics for a type variable to appear in its own bound
From Programming Languages: Principles and Paradigms
By Maurizio Gabbrielli, Simone Martini
The bound mechanism for type variables is fairly sophisticated and
flexible. In particular, a type ...
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What is an efficient way to implement 'Stack' without generics?
Today I was reading a lot of articles complaining about Java Generics or C++ Templates. Now, my question is: How can someone implement a collection data structure like Stack without using them?
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