> -----Original Message-----
> From: Corey Jewett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> It's my understanding that final is to make a variable
> unmutable through typechecking. Is there some additional
> benefit (performance?) that I'm unaware of, or am I just
> being a lazy programmer?
Your understanding of final is correct.
It has no effect on inlining / JIT in HotSpot VM.
http://java.sun.com/javaone/javaone2001/pdfs/2696.pdf page 27
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Networking/Hot
Spot/inlining.html
/LS
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