On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 15:50, Ulf Zibis <ulf.zi...@gmx.de> wrote: > Oops, later I looked in your webrev and saw your same idea at same time > while I was composing my before-last email. > > Why don't you outsource indexOfBMP, lastIndexOfBMP, or to be sincere IMO to > much source code + byte code overhead for a only once used 3-liner.
I'm not sure I understand your intent. > I suspect if all the finals will have any benefit. Some time ago I too felt > in that trap, or am I wrong. Examine the disassambly. My use of "final" is almost always for software engineering reasons, not for performance reasons. Martin