"Nathan Bubna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>Just for the record, i agree with fixing this problem.  I feel we
>should always consider the possibility of toString() returning null
>when we are working in the Velocity world.  While the contract of
>toString() does normally forbid it, Velocity's high dependence on
>toString() makes it unwise to trust programmers to know this, regard
>it and successfully follow it.

I completely agree. Did I BTW mention that I absolutely adore
FindBugs? :-) That bugger is not only correct 99 out of a 100 times,
it also finds all that nitty, gritty stuff that one tend to look over.

And while the Eclipse plugin has its edges, I really like the little
bugs popping up in my code... :-)

        Best regards
                Henning

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