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  To: Lew
From: "=?UTF-8?B?QXJuZSBWYWpow7hq?=" <=?utf-8?b?qxjuzsbwywpow7hq?=@1:261/38.rem
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  To: Lew
From: =?UTF-8?B?QXJuZSBWYWpow7hq?= <arne@vajhoej.dk>

On 8/12/2012 12:46 AM, Lew wrote:
> Arne Vajh-,j wrote:
>> But with the same performance note. And a big sigh because it
>> seems to want to broaden bad performance from a single class
>> to the entire programming style (multiple classes).
>
> Overriding 'hashCode()' is done for functional reasons, not performance
> reasons. If you fail to override the method, you'll get incorrect
> behavior, for example failing to find a collection member that is
> actually present.

Correct.

But the return constant is a special case. It functions as it should but 
performs very poorly.

Arne

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