Re: changing reference in a method

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From: Joi Ellis [TeamB]
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 20:07

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Yonatan Taub <yonatanta@bashan.co.il> wrote:
> Just wanted to ask why this feature was built into Java?
> Was it to eliminate the danger of aliasing?

Heck, I dunno.  I suppose study of the Java Language Spec would reveal
the thinking.  I imagine it's because research has found pass by
reference to be a source of bugs in code and they wanted to reduce the
problem.   Maybe it simplified the specification.

> What does it mean to a method argument as final?

I don't understand this question.  

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