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Re: kawa-java string compatibility proposal - oops

From: Jim White <jim at pagesmiths dot com>
To: Per Bothner <per at bothner dot com>
Cc: Steve Yegge <steve dot yegge at gmail dot com>, kawa at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 18:14:32 -0800
Subject: Re: kawa-java string compatibility proposal - oops
References: <d494cb8f0503022155795d9eee@mail.gmail.com> <42275FD3.2070806@bothner.com> <4227C36A.7020207@pagesmiths.com>

Jim White wrote:

... I believe this derivation is upside down. Either mutable and immutable strings can be siblings of an immutable class (as in the

                                ^^^^^^^^^
                                abstract

j.l.CharSequence tree), or you can derive an immutable string from a mutable one (which I think is best and they had to compromise because it would break backwards compatibility).

Jim White

References:
- kawa-java string compatibility proposal
  - From: Steve Yegge
- Re: kawa-java string compatibility proposal
  - From: Per Bothner
- Re: kawa-java string compatibility proposal
  - From: Jim White

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