Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Gene Wirchenko Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:22:32 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <22790268.15.1321806216236.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prgt40> <9e8b681f-055f-4588-9ef6-3702322b4d3e@c4g2000vbh.googlegroups.com> <2113828.215.1321914010550.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prlm15> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="7Qrvczazr82YckO5XW8Vtw"; logging-data="15725"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1969T+lU+a+iZojEzBO3E8hNNsRKwiWjiQ=" X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 4.2/32.1118 Cancel-Lock: sha1:wKkWjbh8V/LgTZ50REPVhBRxkXA= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:10170 On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:20:10 -0800 (PST), Lew wrote: >Brixomatic wrote: >> Lew wrote: >>> First of all, my project lead doesn't tell me to skipnullchecks.  If they do, I ignore them. >> > If they insist, I tell them to stuff it.  What a ridiculous concept. >> >> Sometimes I doubt that you have worked in a lot of brownfield >> projects, because that is far off what I have experienced. > >Sorry, "brownfield project"? GIYF. See http://igloocoder.com/archive/2007/12/23/what-is-brownfield.aspx I had not run across the term either, but I see where it would be useful. [snip] Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko