You meant immutable? I wouldn't disagree. I appreciate what it does, I just don't much like it :-)
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Robin Anil <robin.a...@gmail.com> wrote: > final doesnt necessarily mean mutable right? > > > On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 2:35 AM, Benson Margulies > <bimargul...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I'm not very fond of a plague of finals. Here's why. >> >> Consider >> >> final int[] x = new int[10]; >> >> That doesn't, sadly, prevent >> >> x[2] = 1; >> >> So, to me, final is too weak to be useful. I put them in code when >> required due to the rules about anonymous functions capturing locals, >> but never otherwise. >> >> Just my 1cent on this subject. >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Robin Anil <robin.a...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Only done for local fields. And handpicked ones in bayes for local >> variables >> > due to openXXYYHashMap.foreach() requiring final objects >> > >> > >> > On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 1:47 AM, Ted Dunning <ted.dunn...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> >> I find final slightly helpful on fields, very helpful on static fields, >> but >> >> not very helpful at all on local variables. The issue is scale. With a >> >> field there are lots of places you can bugger it up. If the scope of a >> >> local is large enough for similar confusion, you have a different >> problem >> >> anyway. >> >> >> >> I am generally -1 to too many final declarations on parameters and local >> >> variables, but I don't go to the trouble of deleting them if I see them. >> >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Sean Owen <sro...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> > I'm late on this but have a question about the final business. I >> >> understand >> >> > the style it is promoting and even like it and used to do it. I >> stopped >> >> > because it does get harder to read and its not usual in java code. Any >> >> > thoughts on that. >> >> > >> >> > On Feb 13, 2010 2:55 PM, "Robin Anil" <robin.a...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > I just did a mass code cleanup. >> >> > >> >> > Mainly comprising of >> >> > -Extra blank line removal >> >> > -Organize Imports across all packages. >> >> > -Making local variables final >> >> > >> >> > No reordering of methods or code style changes are applied. >> >> > >> >> > Any objections or any particular class to withhold from committing. >> >> > >> >> > Robin >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Ted Dunning, CTO >> >> DeepDyve >> >> >> > >> >
