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It's a poor substitute for C++'s const though - at least that lets you reason about the state of an object. Java's final keyword just stops you reassigning a r

It's a poor substitute for C++'s const though - at least that lets you reason about the state of an object. Java's final keyword just stops you reassigning a reference - how many times do you inadvertently do that?

brown9-2 17y ago
More than you might think
pyre 17y ago
The point here is that if final functioned like const, you wouldn't be able to advocate 'using it everywhere' like he is.