Re: Bug fix in java.lang.Boolean

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "John" == John Keiser <address@hidden> writes:

John> Perhaps I haven't fully understood the conversation (it
John> happens), but I have not seen an objection to changing Boolean
John> as proposed and I personally think that it is nicer and more
John> self-documenting if the field is final.  Does anyone have
John> objections to doing this and changing the other immutable
John> java.lang objects as well?

I think unless and until Sun says one way or another what is right,
the change ought to go in.  It seems sensible enough to me.

John> With regards changing reflection, let me see if I understand the
John> proposal: you'd like to change some of the fields in Class,
John> Field, Method, etc. to be final so that people couldn't screw
John> with the objects in illegal ways.  Again, I don't understand why
John> we *shouldn't* make this change.

Sounds good.

Tom