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Should/does <-MyInterface> give MyInterface return types?

843793Jun 1 2003 — edited Jun 2 2003

The variance-overview.pdf says that List<-E> has Object as the return type of the get method. If this is true, I'm disappointed. I'd expect the following to work quite happily:

List<-List<*>> myList = buildList();
List<*> elt1 = myList.get(0);

There's no obvious reason why Object should be a supertype of List.

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