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Re: Singleton Pattern

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On 14/08/11 00:43, Peter Duniho wrote:

> I'd never even heard of the "single-element enum type" variation of
> singleton initialization. That one in particular sounds like a
> completely over-engineered approach.
>
> Pete
I wouldn't say over-engineered - it's about as verbose as a final field 
declaration.  ISTR one of the actual advantages is safety in the 
presence of serialization, although Bloch mentions others . . .
I'd say it's the right tool for the job of creating instance-controlled 
data safely.
[FX: Ducks!]
Ian.

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