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Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods

From	Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods
Date	2011-03-29 23:25 +0200
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On 29/03/2011 23:08, Lew allegedly wrote:
> Daniele Futtorovic wrote:
>> Wat? Which job? Which hammer? There's no difference between the
>> alternatives
>> with respects to what their methods are like. Leaving convenience and
>> maintenance aside, the only difference between both is that in the
>> first one
>> (without fields), the instructions are probably easier to inline.
>
> That's confusing. The first example presented was with fields, and the
> second one was without fields.

Shit, sorry. s/first/second/

> Regardless, the instructions are just as easy to inline either way. One
> returns a constant, the other a constant variable.

For all purposes, yeah. I would however expect the one with the constant 
to be marginally easier, as it requires no analysis of the field.

-- 
DF.
An escaped convict once said to me:
"Alcatraz is the place to be"

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Enums: Properties vs. Methods Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-03-29 08:18 -0700
  Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-03-29 11:47 -0400
    Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-03-30 20:00 +0200
      Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Lew <lew@lewscanon.com> - 2011-03-30 13:17 -0700
        Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-03-31 00:48 -0700
          Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-03-31 08:41 -0400
            Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-03-31 08:26 -0700
              Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-03-31 22:16 -0400
                Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-04-02 11:56 +0200
                Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-04-02 10:29 -0400
                Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-04-03 13:14 +0200
  Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods markspace <-@.> - 2011-03-29 09:26 -0700
    Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-03-30 20:06 +0200
      Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods markspace <-@.> - 2011-03-30 12:40 -0700
        Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-03-31 00:38 -0700
  Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2011-03-29 19:03 +0200
    Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2011-03-29 19:04 +0200
  Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-03-29 12:49 -0700
  Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-03-29 12:52 -0700
    Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2011-03-29 22:45 +0200
      Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-03-29 17:08 -0400
        Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2011-03-29 23:25 +0200
          Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-03-29 19:05 -0400
            Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-03-29 19:40 -0400
              Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-03-31 02:57 -0700
                Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-03-31 08:52 -0400
                Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-03-31 08:54 -0400
            Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2011-03-30 18:40 +0200
              Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Lew <lew@lewscanon.com> - 2011-03-30 10:33 -0700
                Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2011-03-30 20:43 +0200
                Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Lew <lew@lewscanon.com> - 2011-03-30 13:20 -0700
                Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-03-31 08:55 -0400
  Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-02 11:23 +0200
    Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-04-02 10:36 -0400
      Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-02 21:20 +0200

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