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Re: alias for Integer

Date 2011-11-18 12:43 -0800
From Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: alias for Integer
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jrobinss wrote:
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> I won't benefit from autoboxing, then... :-(

If performance is an issue, autoboxing is a hindrance, not a benefit. It
means a non-trivial operation happening without being immediately
obvious from the code. You may need to change algorithms and/or data
structures to reduce the frequency of creating new objects.

Patricia

> (I'm just hoping it doesn't break too much of the code, because even though it's mine to break, I don't have infinite time)
> 
> Note that (exceptionnally for me) performance *is* an issue here. I haven't yet narrowed it down, but the code executes very slowly and eats up much too much memory at the moment. I'm starting to optimize it, that's why I'm starting with strongly typing it to prevent errors.
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alias for Integer jrobinss <julien.robinson2@gmail.com> - 2011-11-18 06:50 -0800
  Re: alias for Integer markspace <-@.> - 2011-11-18 07:11 -0800
  Re: alias for Integer Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-18 07:32 -0800
  Re: alias for Integer Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-18 07:34 -0800
    Re: alias for Integer jrobinss <julien.robinson2@gmail.com> - 2011-11-18 08:26 -0800
      Re: alias for Integer Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-11-18 18:00 +0000
      Re: alias for Integer markspace <-@.> - 2011-11-18 10:17 -0800
      Re: alias for Integer Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-18 20:30 -0800
    Re: alias for Integer Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-18 20:23 -0800
  Re: alias for Integer Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2011-11-18 13:14 -0700
  Re: alias for Integer Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-11-18 12:43 -0800
  Re: alias for Integer jrobinss <julien.robinson2@gmail.com> - 2011-11-21 01:50 -0800
  Re: alias for Integer Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-11-21 20:58 +0100
  Re: alias for Integer David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2011-11-21 15:38 -0500

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