JDK 8 code review request for initial unsigned integer

[Ulf Zibis]

Am 18.01.2012 21:09, schrieb Joe Darcy:
> Hi Roger,
>
> On 01/18/2012 11:21 AM, Roger Riggs wrote:
>> 1. In the new parsing methods, could the String arguments be changed to the more general
>> java.lang.CharSequence? For many parsing applications, it could be more convenient
>> to pass a CharSequence than to create a new String.
>
> I don't think that would be very helpful in this case.  If the methods were changed to take a 
> CharSequence, the first action I'd write in the method would be to call toString on the argument; 
> this is necessary to guard against the class of time-of-check-versus-time-of-use problems because 
> the CharSequence objects can be mutable.
Doesn't this argument make the usage of CharSequence in most other API's inappropriate at all?

-Ulf