Pavel Pervov wrote: >> >> > I assume that Pavel is suggesting a 'private byte[] bvalue' field. > > Tim, > > Exactly. But I suspect that there should exist some machinery inside > java.lang.String to keep 'value' and 'bvalue' in-sync. > > >> Package private is also acceptable. > > Alexey, > > This is not neccessary. This field is internal to java.lang.String and > won't > be used outside of it.
ah, in that case I remove my objection. Sorry for having misinterpreted your suggestion. -- Stefano.
