Re: [RFA/JDWP] VMVirtualMachine StringBuffer cleanup

[Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>]

Keith Seitz writes:
 > Andrew Haley wrote:
 > 
 > >  > Use java.lang.StringBuilder instead of gnu.gcj.runtime.StringBuffer.
 > >  > Patch approved with that change.
 > > 
 > > Forget that.  Use gnu.gcj.runtime.StringBuffer if you wish.
 > 
 > Is there a preference? Since this is another case of using one of these 
 > things to build a String once without ever modifying it. Is 
 > g.g.r.StringBuffer the preferred way to do this, or am I confusing it 
 > with something else?

gnu.gcj.runtime.StringBuffer is more efficient, but
java.lang.StringBuilder is standard.  My preference is for standard
where possible, but sometimes efficiency wins.  My complaint was
therefore inappropriate.

Andrew.