For example, the following ARRAY and DECLARE statements both use repetition factors to initialize the values of the array REPEAT: array repeat[17] (0,3*1,4*(2,3,4),0); declare num repeat[17]=(0,3*1,4* ...

But Java 9 isn't that far off. Both versions are likely to change how the language works in pretty profound ways, with the introduction of immutable types, be it as value types or structured arrays ..