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| From | Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> |
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| Subject | Re: Designation of a non-static method |
| Date | Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:35:50 -0500 |
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On 12/20/2012 2:06 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> I used to think that it was common usage to use »C.f()« for
> a static method »f()« and »C#f()« for a non-static method
> »f()« of a class »C«.
>
> Yet, in
>
> http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Math.html
>
> , there is a reference »Random.nextDouble()« given
> (at the end of the expanded documentation of »random()«),
> that refers to the non-static method
>
> http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Random.html#nextDouble()
>
> . So is this now the official Java style to designate
> even a non-static method »f()« of a class C by »C.f()«?
Don't fret about it.
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,
adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."
-- RWE, "Self-Reliance"
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Eric Sosman
esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid
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