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Re: Curious compiler warning

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Eric Sosman wrote:
> On 1/11/2012 10:01 PM, Patricia Shanahan wrote:
>> Roedy Green wrote:
>>> Gavino wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :
>>>
>>>> It's nothing to do with not using the result - in the original
>>>> example, the
>>>> result *was* used. It's simply that assigning to a method parameter
>>>> value is
>>>> considered 'bad style', that's all.
>>>
>>> Normally I mark my parms final, but have modified them. I don't
>>> recall ever seeing that warning. I guess it does not show up in
>>> IntelliJ.
>>
>> I believe the warning originally came from Eclipse. The Eclipse style
>> rules are not carved in stone. A programmer who does not agree with the
>> default settings should change them.

Correct.  This point does bear repeating.

> To my way of thinking, a method (or constructor) parameter is
> nothing more nor less than a local variable, taking its initial
> value from the caller's argument. One characteristic of a variable
> is that it can vary; that's why we don't call them invariables. I
> can see no reason to preserve a parameter's initial value in bronze
> like Baby's first shoes, and Eclipse's assertion that failing to
> bronze a parameter "is generally considered poor style" is merely
> noise, Proof By Iterated Assertion. (In the passive voice, which
> is generally considered poor style.)
>
> If anyone, anywhere, anyhow, has evidence that bronzing the
> parameters improves them, let the evidence (and not just the PBIA)
> be produced. Until then, I'll leave my parameters unbronzed and
> still wearable.

+1

I don't often change parameter variables, but when I do there's a need to. 
Certain algorithms can benefit from doing so, and I personally am so steeped 
in Java's call-by-value world that I don't acknowledge the risk feared by 
those who favor the rule.  OTOH, it's almost never needed.

-- 
Lew
Honi soit qui mal y pense.
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Curious compiler warning Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-01-11 01:51 +0000
  Re: Curious compiler warning Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-10 18:10 -0800
    Re: Curious compiler warning glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-01-11 02:36 +0000
      Re: Curious compiler warning Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-10 19:03 -0800
        Re: Curious compiler warning glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-01-11 07:50 +0000
          Re: Curious compiler warning Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-10 23:57 -0800
        Re: Curious compiler warning Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-01-11 05:47 -0400
          Re: Curious compiler warning glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-01-11 13:25 +0000
            Re: Curious compiler warning Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-11 06:58 -0800
              Re: Curious compiler warning Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-11 07:01 -0800
              Re: Curious compiler warning Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-01-11 10:03 -0800
                Re: Curious compiler warning Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-11 23:30 -0800
              Re: Curious compiler warning Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-01-11 18:10 -0800
                Re: Curious compiler warning Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-11 23:32 -0800
                Re: Curious compiler warning Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-01-12 01:44 -0600
                Re: Curious compiler warning Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-12 07:42 -0800
                Re: Curious compiler warning Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-01-12 10:51 -0600
                Re: Curious compiler warning Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-01-12 07:50 -0800
                Re: Curious compiler warning Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-01-12 10:54 -0600
                Re: Curious compiler warning Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-21 12:52 +0100
                Re: Curious compiler warning Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-01-12 11:51 -0800
                Re: Curious compiler warning Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-12 20:58 -0800
        Re: Curious compiler warning "Gavino" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-01-11 20:05 +0100
          Re: Curious compiler warning Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-12 07:47 -0800
        Re: Curious compiler warning Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-21 12:52 +0100
          Re: Curious compiler warning Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-21 12:13 -0800
    Re: Curious compiler warning Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-01-11 04:55 +0000
      Re: Curious compiler warning Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-10 21:46 -0800
      Re: Curious compiler warning glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-01-11 07:55 +0000
      Re: Curious compiler warning Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-01-11 01:35 -0800
        Re: Curious compiler warning "Gavino" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-01-11 20:05 +0100
          Re: Curious compiler warning Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-01-11 18:18 -0800
            Re: Curious compiler warning Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-12 07:55 -0800
              Re: Curious compiler warning Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-01-12 11:59 -0800
            Re: Curious compiler warning Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-01-13 00:02 +0000
              Re: Curious compiler warning Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-01-12 16:11 -0800
                Re: Curious compiler warning Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-01-13 01:31 +0000
          Re: Curious compiler warning Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-01-11 18:26 -0800
            Re: Curious compiler warning Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-01-11 19:01 -0800
              Re: Curious compiler warning Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-01-11 23:23 -0500
                Re: Curious compiler warning Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-12 08:00 -0800
            Re: Curious compiler warning Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-21 12:52 +0100
          Re: Curious compiler warning Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-12 07:50 -0800
        Re: Curious compiler warning Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-01-11 18:14 -0800
          Re: Curious compiler warning Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-12 08:05 -0800
            Re: Curious compiler warning Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-01-12 12:02 -0800
  Re: Curious compiler warning Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-01-10 21:11 -0500
    Re: Curious compiler warning Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-10 18:17 -0800
    Re: Curious compiler warning bugbear <bugbear@trim_papermule.co.uk_trim> - 2012-01-11 16:10 +0000
    Re: Curious compiler warning Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com> - 2012-01-11 20:45 +0100
      Re: Curious compiler warning Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-12 08:09 -0800
      Re: Curious compiler warning Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2012-01-12 18:14 +0200
      Re: Curious compiler warning Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-21 12:52 +0100
      Re: Curious compiler warning David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2012-01-21 09:12 -0500
    Re: Curious compiler warning Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-01-11 18:21 -0800
    Re: Curious compiler warning Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-12 08:08 -0800
  Re: Eclipse 3.7.1 compiler warning v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2012-01-11 21:10 +0000

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