On Feb 22, 7:59 am, kirk <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] wrote: > > > If it's not final, it probably isn't immutable. Take java.io.File. > > Please. > > Marking a class as final is a whole different ball game than marking a > variable as final. For example, marking String as final was a HUGE > mistake IMHO. It prevented people from making some very useful > extensions. It's also responsible for a lot of code bloat. I'm not > against making a class final. That said, to do so because of the need to > mother other developers shouldn't be one of them.
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