Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Knute Johnson Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: setSize ArrayList, when will it come? Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:53:43 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 23:53:22 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="mz/LDSJwiWnk3Jnnqg7x+Q"; logging-data="18511"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/WQ2RIPDS94w5uqK8ToBxj" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110624 Thunderbird/5.0 In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:9sF5nqCjyiNWUURXp8GugsGlqWw= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:6884 On 8/8/2011 3:47 PM, Jan Burse wrote: > Dear All > > When will ArrayList have a setSize() method. Its lack > makes it practically impossible to consistently replace > Vector by ArrayList. > > Any reason for brainlessly closing > http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4147188 > by oracle or who ever? It's because they hate you. They don't want you to have that method so it will drive you crazy. It's never going to have that method. It's a conspiracy of the highest order. They could add that method if they wanted to, but they don't. You know, you're not really paranoid if they're actually out to get you. The sun's almost over the yard arm here, go someplace quiet, have a beer, and chill. -- Knute Johnson