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Re: the benefits of immutability


Vadim Nasardinov <el-vadimo@comcast.net> writes:
> Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>  > His so-called "reason" doesn't explain why StringBuffer is final,
>  > too, in any case.
> 
> That is correct.  I have not made any comments on why StringBuffer is
> final.  What would be the relevance of such a discussion to the issue
> at hand?

You explicitly claimed that String was final so that strings could be
immutable. You then carefully ignored it when it was pointed out
StringBuffer is final, and yet is mutable.


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Perry E. Metzger		perry@piermont.com