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Re: "Double.toString"

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From	Lothar Kimmeringer <news200709@kimmeringer.de>
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Date	Sun, 20 Nov 2016 22:43:40 +0100
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Stefan Ram wrote:

>   How could I have missed this method all those years?
>   Or did I know it once and my memory failed on me?

It was added quite some time ago and it's one good example
of things being added to the JDK that got missed. Another
example is the Arrays and Collection util classes that took
a while to get recognized by me.

>   Have you been aware of this static toString method? 
>   Is it a "well-known", prominent method to you?

I commonly use it for constructing strings out of primitive
doubles since I changed my Eclipse-settings to regard
autoboxing as an error.

Cheers, Lothar
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