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| From | Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> |
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| Subject | Re: array class names |
| Date | Sun, 5 Mar 2017 19:38:12 -0500 |
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On 3/5/2017 6:30 PM, Volker Borchert wrote: > Does anybody out there know why long[] is called "[J" and Object[] > is called "[Ljava.lang.Object;" rather than the more obvious "[L" > and "[Ojava.lang.Object;" (or maybe "[Rjava.lang.Object;" if 'O' > is too similar a zero)? It is documented what they are: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se8/html/jvms-4.html#jvms-4.3.2-200 But you are asking about why these letters were chosen. That probably require someone working for SUN back in the mid 90's to answer. Arne
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array class names v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2017-03-05 23:30 +0000
Re: array class names Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-03-05 19:38 -0500
Re: array class names Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-03-05 19:41 -0500
Re: array class names "Tristan B. Kildaire" <deavmi@disroot.org> - 2017-03-22 19:30 +0200
Re: array class names lewbloch@gmail.com - 2017-03-23 15:46 -0700
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