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From: Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject: Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 23:38:33 +0000
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On Mon, 7 Nov 2011, Giovanni Azua wrote:

> On 11/7/11 12:02 AM, in article
> alpine.DEB.2.00.1111062256510.4201@urchin.earth.li, "Tom Anderson"
> <twic@urchin.earth.li> wrote:
>
>>> I really enjoy the improvement in code readability as well, it suits the
>>> appropriate template types e.g.
>>>
>>> // from
>>> List<RequestData> requests = new ArrayList<RequestData>();
>>>
>>> // to
>>> List<RequestData> requests = Lists.newArrayList();
>>
>> I see absolutely no improvement in the code here, only unhelpful
>> obfuscation.
>
> When you say it like this, any function can be labeled as "unhelpful 
> obfuscation" :)

Touché! I would agree that any function is obfuscation; whether it is 
helpful or unhelpful obfuscation varies.

tom

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