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Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 13:04:38 +1000
From: Esmond Pitt <esmond.pitt@bigpond.com>
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On 27/05/2011 12:15 PM, Lew wrote:
> Generics make a difference at compile time. They don't make a difference
> at run time.

Correct.

> Then I can ignore what is and isn't in the bytecode.

Unless you are asserting, and I quote, that 'it really does happen at 
runtime'. If there is no bytecode that executes that action, it really 
doesn't happen at runtime.