>----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- >Van: Vincent Hennebert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Verzonden: vrijdag, juni 13, 2008 08:31 PM <snip /> >FWIW, I do re-assign local variables sometimes (rarely). When the new >value serves the same purpose, and creating a new variable with another >name would actually look more confusing. Do I have to slash my hand for >that?
I wouldn't go /that/ far. With only one hand you wouldn't be able to code anymore... and that would be quite a loss for the FOP-community. ;-) No really, the fact that you do it /rarely/ says enough. As I hinted, IMO it should actually be the other way around, i.e. reserve a keyword to mark a parameter as an 'out' parameter that is supposed to be modified/assigned by the method. It's only reassignment that is prevented, and declaring the parameter final still does not prevent you from modifying the parameter itself. As long as it remains the same instance, you will get no compiler warning. It can still come out of the method as a 'different' object. Luckily, or we would not be able to append to StringBuffer-parameters or add to List-parameters. Cheers Andreas
