Dynamic Variable Name Request

[Brian Berry]

I'm developing gaming apps and it has come to my attention that Java and Kotlin don't offer dynamic variable names. I looked it up and it's just not supported by Java or Kotlin. dynamic variable names like
var["dynamic id"]="variable value";.......would cut my coding time and code footprint in half. Although it's not allowed I'd like to request it be added to Java and Kotlin. I looked around but I can't find the appropriate place to request this feature. I'm surprised it's not available because it was available in Flash ActionScript 7 years ago.

Where do I request features to be added?

 

[Deleted User]

You'll have to talk to Oracle, who have ultimate control over the Java programming language.
Submit an enhancement request here

https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/

 

[GameTheory]

As you mentioned, this is not possible in java, but you should have a look at the following link. There's some alternatives that may assist you. Have a look through the answers given in that thread:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6729605/assigning-variables-with-dynamic-names-in-java

Maybe the above may help while you wait on the request from Oracle.

 

[Deleted User]

I wouldn't hold out any hope for this feature being added to the language. It's a bad step because it goes against Java's strong type safety, and compile time syntax checking. Adding such a dynamic feature would introduce all kinds of run time errors and unpredictable behaviour. A very bad situation. Dynamic behaviour like this may be very convenient, but it doesn't lend itself to robust, maintainable, and reliable code.