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Re: -Wcloneable ?
- To: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: -Wcloneable ?
- From: Mark Wielaard <mark at klomp dot org>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:16:47 +0100
- Cc: Java Discuss List <java-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- References: <87u26z8asn.fsf@creche.redhat.com>
Hi,
On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 02:08:40PM -0700, Tom Tromey wrote:
> Today I thought about implementing a `-Wcloneable' option which would
> cause gcj to warn if a class implements Cloneable but doesn't have a
> public clone() method. Would this be useful?
I don't know. There is nothing wrong with using the default Object.clone()
method. For (very) simple object a field-by-field copy is good enough.
Maybe it should check to see that the class only contains primitive fields
and Strings?
Cheers,
Mark