On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:14:42 GMT, fabioromano1 <d...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/math/MutableBigInteger.java line 1929:
>>
>>> 1927: * @return the integer {@code n}th root of {@code this} and the
>>> remainder
>>> 1928: */
>>> 1929: MutableBigInteger[] nthRootRem(final int n) {
>>
>> We rarely use `final` on a parameter.
>
> In this case, `final` serves to indicate that the value of `n` is never
> modified by the method.
Of course.
To the caller, a `final` parameter does not convey any information, and makes
the method/constructor header less concise.
There are thousands of methods in the JDK that do no alter their parameters,
and yet these are not annotated with `final`.
It's just a matter of convention.
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24898#discussion_r2231413900
