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Re: Type conversions with the empty string

From	Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Type conversions with the empty string
Date	2017-02-13 12:50 -0500
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
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References	<emtpy-string-20170128143107@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <o6ntbt$qko$1@dont-email.me> <toString-20170130190755@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <o6ospr$1vpf$2@gioia.aioe.org> <efcjatFc5t5U1@mid.individual.net>

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On 1/31/2017 6:01 PM, Robert Klemme wrote:
> On 31.01.2017 03:29, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Yes, but that would likely already be triggered by something more int
> specific, e.g. an assignment or another method calls that needs to do
> calculations with the value.

Maybe. Maybe not.

I don't mind double checking.

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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