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[OT] Re: static final int, but constructor with (final int) arguments

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Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:45:46 +0200, /Merciadri Luca/:
> Lew writes:
>
>> Nope.  Completely not even close.  'c' is static, that means it is
>> attached to the class, not an object.  It can only receive a value
>> once because it's 'final'.  That once MUST happen during class
>> initialization, because it's 'final'.  (That's one of the reasons "I'm
>> sure it won't change" is wrong.)
> As you point it, my interpretation of the final keyword was erroneous.
>> Class initialization completes before you create any instance.  So 'c'
>> already MUST have its value by then.
>> (...)

Merciadri Luca, please use blank lines* to separate your reply from 
the quoted text.  It gets difficult to spot and read your replies 
in-between.  Thanks.

* Something like 
<http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/codeconventions-141388.html#487>: 
"Blank lines improve readability...".

-- 
Stanimir

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Re: static final int, but constructor with (final int) arguments Merciadri Luca <Luca.Merciadri@student.ulg.ac.be> - 2011-03-30 00:45 +0200
  Re: static final int, but constructor with (final int) arguments Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-03-29 19:03 -0400
    Re: static final int, but constructor with (final int) arguments Merciadri Luca <Luca.Merciadri@student.ulg.ac.be> - 2011-03-30 19:05 +0200
  [OT] Re: static final int, but constructor with (final int) arguments Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net> - 2011-03-30 08:24 +0300
    Re: [OT] Re: static final int, but constructor with (final int) arguments Merciadri Luca <Luca.Merciadri@student.ulg.ac.be> - 2011-03-30 19:05 +0200

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