Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-in-01.newsfeed.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "rossum" Subject: Re: default equals function? Message-ID: <50254C53.56588.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-Comment-To: bob smith Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer In-Reply-To: <50254C53.56587.calajapr@time.synchro.net> References: <50254C53.56587.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-FTN-AREA: COMP.LANG.JAVA.PROGRAMMER X-FTN-MSGID: 1:261/38 0a466279 X-FTN-REPLY: 1:261/38 b60e4124 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98] Lines: 22 Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:39:04 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1344623944 69.21.70.65 (Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:39:04 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:39:04 CDT Organization: tds.net X-Received-Bytes: 1771 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:17642 To: bob smith From: rossum On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 07:12:06 -0700 (PDT), bob smith wrote: >The equals method for class Object implements the most discriminating >possible equivalence relation on objects; that is, for any non-null >reference values x and y, this method returns true if and only if >x and y refer to the same object (x == y has the value true). Correct. What do you think that means in practice for your Kern_Pair class? As a minor point, the Java naming convention does not have underscores in class names: KernPair would be the expected name. Kern_Pair looks more like C++ than Java. rossum --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) --- Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24