On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:36:59 GMT, Raffaello Giulietti <rgiulie...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Yes, but in this way you see at a glance that the parameter is a constant, >> and you do not have to check all the method's code. > > I guess most developer use a Java IDE for Java development. > My IDE shows variables that are altered by underlying their name at every > occurrence in the code. I can see at a glance that `n` is not modified even > without `final`. > As said, it's a matter of convention. In the OpenJDK we usually don't use > `final` on parameters, as it clutters the header. Just have a look at a > random place in the codebase. underlying -> underlining ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24898#discussion_r2231449148
