Re: Object retval = (Object)bindings.get(var); // why not OK?
metaperl wrote:
I'm wondering why I cannot simply cast the return result of .get() to
satisfy the compiler expectation that the method return an object.
Instead I have to assign the result of .get() to a variable and then
return that.
package redick;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.Iterator;
public class Environment {
/*
* map from a variable name to an Object - which may be a datum or a
* procedure
*/
public Map<String,Object> bindings = new HashMap<String, Object>();
public Environment parent;
public void put(String var, Object value) {
bindings.put(var, value);
}
public Object get(String var) {
Object retval = bindings.get(var); // cast not enough
/* Cannot comment this section out */
if (retval == null) {
return (Object)null;
} else {
return retval;
}
/* End required section */
return retval;
}
public String toString() { return bindings.toString(); }
}
As Lew mentioned, you just need to add the "return retval;" (see above)
to the code snippet. Then you should be able to comment out the
indicated section.
Just one of the late-night programmer-didn't-see-it things, I guess... ^_^
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