On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Rémi Forax <fo...@univ-mlv.fr> wrote:
> It's not a good idea to have a hashCode() that allocate objects, > at least until escape analysis is implemented in all VMs. Agree with Joe--these methods don't carry their weight. If the allocation is too much to bear, it's easy enough to write the hash by hand. Plus, it won't have the overhead of a method invocation. ;-) That's not to say I don't think you should ever do this. Bob
