[5232] in java-interest
Re: Is 'new' really necessary?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bruce Chee)
Fri Feb 2 19:59:04 1996
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 07:39:52 +0700 (THAIST)
From: Bruce Chee <bruce@tech.singalab.com.sg>
To: kkobashi@ix6.ix.netcom.com
Cc: java-interest@java.sun.com
In-Reply-To: <199602020853.AAA12001@ix3.ix.netcom.com>
On Fri, 2 Feb 1996 kkobashi@ix6.ix.netcom.com wrote:
> Can someone tell me why the 'new' keyword was used in Java?
>
> Given:
> (a) Date d = new Date(CurrentTime); // Java compiler likes
> (b) Date d(CurrentTime); // Java compiler doesn't like
> (c) Date d; // Java compiler likes
>
......stuff deleted...
>
> I hope you see my point. An instanciation is an instanciation.
> Why must I think about a "new" object?
>
I would like to do the following...without declaring any extra variables...
class Big {
Big() {}
}
class Small extends Big {
Small() {}
}
public class Test{
Test() {
Big g=new Small();
}
}
Perhaps this is one of the reasons for having 'new'?
Bruce Chee
> Kerry Kobashi
> Kobashi Computing
>
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