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Re: Type conversions with the empty string

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On 1/30/2017 1:08 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> writes:
>> On 1/28/2017 07:43, Stefan Ram wrote:
>>> String.valueOf( 123 )
>> You would prefer any of those over Integer.toString(123)?
>
>   »java.lang.String.valueOf« is the universal one-stop
>   solution to convert anything into a string, including
>   primitive values, class instances and even null! So it
>   does not make me think. Whenever I want to convert anthing
>   into a »java.lang.String« instance, I use this.
>
>   »java.lang.Integer.toString« makes me thing about the type
>   of »123« and what the wrapper class of that type is, and
>   whether it really has such a method (for example, the static
>   »java.lang.Boolean.toString« method is only @since 1.4,
>   while »java.lang.Integer.toString« is @since 1.0.)

Well - some actually like that type strictness. Including me.

If something should be an int, then I prefer a compile time
error if it suddenly is not an int any longer.

Arne

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Re: Type conversions with the empty string Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> - 2017-01-30 11:34 -0600
  Re: Type conversions with the empty string Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> - 2017-01-30 12:25 -0600
  Re: Type conversions with the empty string Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-01-30 10:58 -0800
  Re: Type conversions with the empty string Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-01-30 21:29 -0500
    Re: Type conversions with the empty string Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2017-02-01 00:01 +0100
      Re: Type conversions with the empty string Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-02-13 12:50 -0500

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