On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 00:34, Ralph Einfeldt wrote: > I prefer to use pooled objects either for relative small number of > long lived objects or for objects that are expensive to create, or > immutable objects that consume some memory and are likely to be in > use concurrently.
Pooling is actually a great thing to do with immutable objects. The object is immutable, so it is in a correct state from construction to garbage collection. Also, because it is immutable, it can be shared by multiple threads and other objects. That's great. If tags were immutable, then pooling might be a very cool feature. Unfortunately, tags have the worst of both worlds: they are mutable, and they are pooled. This means they are difficult to use correctly because they are trying to work like C++ things instead of like Java things. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
