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I've never heard of that being banned. It hasn't been banned anywhere i've written Java.

• gpderetta 9mo ago
  Similarly I never been in a company that outright banned c++ language of library features[1]. Turns out that different companies are different. [1] I guess you would get some push back at review time if you used auto_ptr.
• AdieuToLogic 9mo ago
  > I've never heard of that being banned. It hasn't been banned anywhere i've written Java. Once code such as the below is rejected in a code review, the next version often submitted is an "if-else-if" ladder using `instanceof` (which is effectively the same thing). TheReturnType r = null; try { DomainType1 instance = (DomainType1)obj; r = ... } catch (ClassCastException ex) {} if (r == null) try { DomainType2 instance = (DomainType2)obj; r = ... } catch (ClassCastException ex) {} if (r == null) try { DomainType3 instance = (DomainType3)obj; r = ... } catch (ClassCastException ex) {} ... And yes, I have seen the above scenario played out in a professional setting.