User: edishere

Re:Java 'generics' are not real generics

On: Java Generics and Collections

Ummm.... you are just using autoboxing here, not generics.
You should try:
List s = new ArrayList();

then you CAN do:
List l = s; .... but I don't know why you ever would, and if you decided to do that you could THEN do:

l.add("wow");

and you get errors. Sure, if you use goto's wrong you can get errors, if you use unsafe regions in C# incorrectly you can get errors, but then again, you are not using the language as intended.

if you did:
List s = new ArrayList(); ... and then:
s.add("wow");

you get what you would expect, a compilation error.