Archie Cobbs wrote:
> Simon Kitching wrote:.
> > * Class.getName returns strings that have been interned. I don't
> > think this is explicitly required by the java specs but is
> > certainly true for Sun's JVM and seems likely to be done by
> > any sensible JVM.
>
> I.e., is there something special about class names which means
> they should be treated differently from any other String randomly
> created and used in a Java application? (rhetorical question)
> Otherwise, why not intern all Strings? Etc.
>
> In any case, to provide two concrete counter-examples:
>
> $ cat > zz.java
> public class zz {
> public static void main(String[] args) {
> zz z = new zz();
> System.out.println(z.getClass().getName() == "zz");
> }
> }
> $ javac zz.java
> $ java zz
> true
> $ jc -Xint zz
> false
> $ jamvm zz
> false
$ ikvm zz
true
He did say "any sensible JVM"... <gd&r>
Regards,
Jeroen
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