On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 5:51 AM, Andrus Adamchik <andru..bjectstyle.org>wrote:
> I like final.
>>
>
> Why? Is there any proof of better performance if you declare local
> variables as final? Otherwise this seems like cluttering the code.
>
> Andrus
I think there are some performance benefits, but they're minimal at best.
It's mostly a safety issue . . . to make sure a variable is assigned to
once. It's the same reason I like const in C++. I like Scala's approach to
variable assignment in this regard.
-- Kevin
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