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Re: A small quiz

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On 10/1/2015 8:02 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
>    A method m() is declared to have a return type of java.lang.String:
>
> java.lang.String m()
>
>    . A programmer writes this expression:
>
> java.lang.String.valueOf( m() )
>
>    (The scope is so that »m« in the above expression refers to the
>    method »m()« as declared above.)
>
>    . Can you find out what might be a good reason the programmer might
>    have to write this expression? Since the return type of m() already
>    /is/ java.lang.String, the call to »java.lang.String.valueOf« seems
>    to be completely superfluous!

     Please don't use the N-word, Stefan.

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Re: A small quiz Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-10-01 08:24 -0400
  Re: A small quiz e.d.programmer@gmail.com - 2015-10-01 08:33 -0700
    Re: A small quiz Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-10-01 11:41 -0400
      Re: A small quiz Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 08:59 -0700
        Re: A small quiz Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-01 12:49 -0400
        Re: A small quiz Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-10-01 13:02 -0400
          Re: A small quiz Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 10:19 -0700
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            Re: A small quiz Mike Amling <mamling@chaff.us> - 2015-10-02 09:18 -0500

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