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Re: StringBuilder.append and CharSequence

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On 9/25/2013 7:19 AM, Andreas Leitgeb wrote:
> Is it safe to use "stringBuilder.append(this);"

It wasn't clear to me either from reading the Java docs that the above 
was safe, so I'd avoid it.

> in a CharSequence
> implementation's .toString(), or could this lead to a recursive
> loop, if some version of a Java class library implements the
> append() for CharSequence by using it's toString() ?

That paragraph wasn't clear to me at all.  I was going to suggest 
toString() as the safe approach.

   stringBuilder.append( this.toString() );

This seems bomb proof to me, as the string is constructed before the 
method call.  Did I miss something?

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StringBuilder.append and CharSequence Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-09-25 14:19 +0000
  Re: StringBuilder.append and CharSequence markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-09-25 13:02 -0700
    Re: StringBuilder.append and CharSequence markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-09-25 18:34 -0700
      Re: StringBuilder.append and CharSequence Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-09-26 17:37 +0000
        Re: StringBuilder.append and CharSequence Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-09-26 23:11 +0200
          Re: StringBuilder.append and CharSequence Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-09-27 13:30 +0000
            Re: StringBuilder.append and CharSequence Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-09-27 19:31 +0200
              Re: StringBuilder.append and CharSequence markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-09-27 13:45 -0700
                Re: StringBuilder.append and CharSequence Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-09-27 23:16 +0000
                Re: StringBuilder.append and CharSequence Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-09-29 04:58 +0200
                Re: StringBuilder.append and CharSequence Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-09-30 20:02 +0000
  Re: StringBuilder.append and CharSequence Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-09-25 20:57 -0400
    Re: StringBuilder.append and CharSequence Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-09-26 18:01 +0000
      Re: StringBuilder.append and CharSequence Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-09-26 15:47 -0400
        Re: StringBuilder.append and CharSequence Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-09-26 20:48 +0000
          Re: StringBuilder.append and CharSequence Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-09-26 16:58 -0400
            Re: StringBuilder.append and CharSequence Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-09-27 12:52 +0000
              Re: StringBuilder.append and CharSequence Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-10-04 20:59 -0400
                Re: StringBuilder.append and CharSequence Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-10-05 12:51 +0000
  Re: StringBuilder.append and CharSequence Sven Köhler <remove-sven.koehler@gmail.com> - 2013-09-27 15:41 +0300

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