Re: [cdt-dev] Using '*' for java imports

[Marc Khouzam <marc.khouzam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe using wildcards for imports can, in some cases, cause issues.
http://www.coderanch.com/how-to/java/WildCardVsSpecificImports
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/147454/why-is-using-a-wild-card-with-a-java-import-statement-bad/147461#147461

This question should not apply to CDT in general if we we use Ctrl-Shift-O to manage our imports since Eclipse won't use wildcards unless you have more than 99 similar imports.  I think there is only one file were that happens, which triggered Elena's question.

I agree not to ask people to change their settings.  For that one file, I'll probably change it back myself when I notice it, but I won't ask others to do it.

Now, to my surprise, I do see that wildcards are used once in a while in CDT for imports.  Those are imports that were included by hand.  I think we should avoid those as a general rule.

I'd would suggest CDT not uses wilcards for imports unless Eclipse does it itself using Ctrl-Shift-O.  This addresses Elena's concern, and makes the code more robust.

Opinions?

Marc

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From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of Alena Laskavaia [elaskavaia.cdt@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: January 19, 2015 10:24 AM
To: Doug Schaefer
Cc: CDT General developers list.
Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] Using '*' for java imports

Marc are you ok with that?

On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Doug Schaefer <dschaefer@xxxxxxx> wrote:

I just use the defaults. I have too many workspaces to be changing settings other than getting my emacs keys turned on.

We have no official rules. I think we’re all to busy with the little time we have working on fixing up and growing the CDT to worry much about that. The defaults are fine.

Doug.

From: Alena Laskavaia <elaskavaia.cdt@xxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: "elaskavaia.cdt@xxxxxxxxx" <elaskavaia.cdt@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 8:55 AM
To: Doug Schaefer <dschaefer@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "CDT General developers list." <cdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] Using '*' for java imports

Do you edit default eclipse settings for "Organize Import"?
I do Organize imports too and it collapses them into * if I have more than 99 import, which is default.

So what is our "official" rule for that?

On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 10:00 PM, Doug Schaefer <dschaefer@xxxxxxx> wrote:

I always do an Organize Imports when I edit a file. My experience is that gets rid of the '*'s. So if it's a file I'm editing, the *'s won't last long.

Doug.

From: Alena Laskavaia <elaskavaia.cdt@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Jan 16 2015 20:54:49 GMT-0500 (EST)
To: CDT General developers list. <cdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [cdt-dev] Using '*' for java imports

Marc told me (on review) that we don't using '*' for imports, I checked our code
style and it is not documented anywhere https://wiki.eclips​e.org/CDT/policy#Cod​e_Formatting

It does say though that we use default Eclipse formatting. By default eclipse folds imports into * if you have more then 99 imports (that was the case I had). Unless it is really needed I would not

be a fan of changing eclipse defaults, i.e. we should allow fold imports if more than 99.

Anybody have strong objections to do otherwise?