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roddey@u... writes:
[on using type-safe objects rather than integers as Java constants]
> It does no good at all to have a named constant if you can
> accidentally pass that named constant to 150 other things for which
> its not intended and the compiler cannot catch it. Its a
> fundamental lacking in Java that makes me shudder to think that
> people actually want to do serious work in it.
Yes, but it's also no good having a named constant that you cannot use
in a switch statement. Unfortunately, Java is broken here, and you
have to choose one side or another
All the best,
David
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