- From: Mike Dean <mdean@bbn.com>
- Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 23:48:23 -0400
- To: Sergey Melnik <melnik@db.stanford.edu>
- cc: RDF Core <w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org>
> String s; > char c; > > c = 5; > s = 5; > > won't work. The "char c" case actually does work (at least with JDK 1.3 on my Mac). > A general observation: Java syntax corresponds to RDF/XML, whereas Java > bytecode can be viewed as a counterpart of RDF abstract model. In the > bytecode, all of the above constants are "locally typed" > (http://java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec/2nd-edition/html/ClassFile.doc.html#20080). My point is that I as a developer often don't have to be concerned about the exact numeric type chosen by the developer of a class (schema/ontology) that I'm using, and don't have to litter my code (literals) with those types. Mike
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