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Re: Isn't an array to int primitive?

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byhesed wrote:
> byhesed wrote:
>> I know that primitive type variables cannot be converted to class
>> type, right?
>> But, how can the below code operate well?
>>
>> 　　　System.out.println(new int[10] instanceof Object);
>>
>> The result is "true".
>>
>> I am thinking that it is weird.
>> Isn't the anonymous array primitive type, is it?
>> Then, how can it be converted to class type, in this case, Object?
>>
>> I think I know something incorrectly.
>> Please correct my wrong idea.
>
> Sorry. I've just solved my question.
>
> The book says that "Arrays are objects."

What book?  Please answer.

The authority is the Java Language Specification (JLS).  Also, GIYF.
<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/arrays.html>

Not every tertiary author is as good as every other.  Any author who 
contradicts the JLS is plain wrong.  Some authors explain the concepts very 
well, many do not even when they technically are correct.  The latter category 
includes many bloggers, and the category of incorrect information includes 
many, many more bloggers.

So trust the JLS and augment with a) the official Java tutorials, b) reputable 
writers like Brian Goetz, and c) seminal books such as /Effective Java/, 2nd 
ed., by Joshua Bloch (mandatory reading!).
<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/effective/>

-- 
Lew
Honi soit qui mal y pense.
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Isn't an array to int primitive? byhesed <byhesed@gmail.com> - 2011-05-07 22:07 -0700
  Re: Isn't an array to int primitive? Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2011-05-07 22:10 -0700
    Re: Isn't an array to int primitive? byhesed <byhesed@gmail.com> - 2011-05-07 22:14 -0700
      Re: Isn't an array to int primitive? Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2011-05-07 22:31 -0700
        Re: Isn't an array to int primitive? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-09 00:03 +1200
          Re: Isn't an array to int primitive? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-08 08:09 -0400
  Re: Isn't an array to int primitive? byhesed <byhesed@gmail.com> - 2011-05-07 22:13 -0700
    Re: Isn't an array to int primitive? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-08 07:51 -0400
      Re: Isn't an array to int primitive? byhesed <byhesed@gmail.com> - 2011-05-08 21:56 -0700
        Re: Isn't an array to int primitive? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-09 08:32 -0400
          Re: Isn't an array to int primitive? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-05-09 07:15 -0700
            Re: Isn't an array to int primitive? byhesed <byhesed@gmail.com> - 2011-05-09 07:31 -0700
  Re: Isn't an array to int primitive? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-05-07 23:27 -0700
    Re: Isn't an array to int primitive? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-08 07:54 -0400

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