--- Phil Weighill-Smith
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I personally think the use of "final" for method
> parameters is "a good
> thing" - it reminds me of that great C++ feature
> "const" (which was
> actually far more sophisticated and useful, and
> strangely is a Java
> reserved keyword).
I read the sample chapter Kevin pointed out, and I
understood the points made. But if you look at the
issue from a different perspective, the basic
take-away message is that "final" should be used as a
crutch. The obvious response to that statement is
then "what's wrong with that?" Nothing, I suppose,
but there is unit testing to help avoid the kinds of
mistakes warned against in the chapter. I suppose
it's all a matter of taste. The
compiler-optimization-based conditional compilation
was interesting, but personally I would rather be able
to throw switches without touching java code.
$0.02
-Matt
>
> Phil :n.
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