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From: Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org>
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On 5/19/2011 11:46 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message<kYCdnSqcI7kP40_QnZ2dnUVZ_gydnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Patricia
> Shanahan wrote:
>
>> Now that we have clarified the fact that System.identityHashCode(x) is
>> not merely a synonym for x.hashCode(), have you changed your mind about
>> the need, or otherwise, for stability when sorting Java objects based on
>> the entire value of the object's fields?
>
> What do you think I said about “the need, or otherwise, for stability”?

"If, on the other hand, you were sorting immutable objects of a Java
“reference” type where the key was the entire object state, then
stability would indeed be irrelevant, notwithstanding such types are not
considered “primitive”."

[http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.java.programmer/msg/17e3a8e513ceab46]

Patricia