Path: csiph.com!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!news.unit0.net!news.netfront.net!.POSTED.87.142.8.24!not-for-mail From: Lothar Kimmeringer Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: "Double.toString" Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2016 22:43:40 +0100 Organization: Organization?! Only chaos here! Message-ID: References: Reply-To: news@kimmeringer.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: adenine.netfront.net; posting-host="87.142.8.24"; logging-data="25369"; mail-complaints-to="news@netfront.net" User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1de Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:35909 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 -- Lothar Kimmeringer E-Mail: spamfang@kimmeringer.de PGP-encrypted mails preferred (Key-ID: 0x8BC3CD81) Always remember: The answer is forty-two, there can only be wrong questions!