[5108] in java-interest
Re: Strings.substring() and the == operator
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Paluka)
Mon Jan 29 14:50:48 1996
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 12:46:05 -0500
To: Pat Niemeyer <pat@icon-stl.net>
From: Mike Paluka <mikep@exmachina.com>
Cc: java-interest@java.sun.com
At 05:23 AM 1/28/96 -0600, you wrote:
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>On Sun, 28 Jan 1996, Walter Szewelanczyk wrote:
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>"==" is a test for identity not for equality.
>You should always use equals() instead.
>
I'm glad you pointed this out.
This is inconsistent and, in my opinion, a bad choice of behaviour
for the equality operator (==) on strings.
Will "intX == intY" return false if they refer to separate memory
locations? Of course not.
Why did you do this to us, Arthur?
From: Michael J. Paluka
At: mikep@exmachina.com
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