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Stream fibs example breaks: forward reference extends over definition #9909

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scabug opened this issue Sep 1, 2016 · 3 comments
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Stream fibs example breaks: forward reference extends over definition #9909

scabug opened this issue Sep 1, 2016 · 3 comments
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scabug commented Sep 1, 2016

The example given for Streams fails to compile with this error:

Error:(597, 60) forward reference extends over definition of value fibs
    val fibs: Stream[BigInt] = BigInt(0) #:: BigInt(1) #:: fibs.zip(fibs.tail).map { n => n._1 + n._2 }

https://github.com/scala/scala/blob/2.12.x/src/library/scala/collection/immutable/Stream.scala#L23-L38

import scala.math.BigInt
/*
 *  object Main extends App {
 *
 *    val fibs: Stream[BigInt] = BigInt(0) #:: BigInt(1) #:: fibs.zip(fibs.tail).map { n => n._1 + n._2 }
 *
 *    fibs take 5 foreach println
 *  }
 *
 *  // prints
 *  //
 *  // 0
 *  // 1
 *  // 1
 *  // 2
 *  // 3
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scabug commented Sep 1, 2016

Imported From: https://issues.scala-lang.org/browse/SI-9909?orig=1
Reporter: Alejandro Wainzinger (xevix)
Assignee: Tim Spence (timspence)
Affected Versions: 2.11.8

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scabug commented Sep 1, 2016

Tim Spence (timspence) said:
I can't seem to assign this to myself but I have submitted a PR for it

scala/scala#5373

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scabug commented Sep 1, 2016

@som-snytt said:
They need executable examples for scaladoc and also for jira issue descriptions.

The issue is this question about the local val or more illustratively this umbrella question.

Probably the doc should use a uniform style, such as a local def and an initializer expression for a val, to avoid confusion. But these semantics are part of the list of "subtle bullet points". So the tutorial doc should just explain the difference.

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@scabug scabug added this to the 2.12.1 milestone Apr 7, 2017
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