JDK 8 code review request for initial unsigned integer

[Alan Bateman]

On 19/01/2012 00:38, Ulf Zibis wrote:
> 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?
It depends. If the parsing requires backtracking then you have to be 
careful or else parse a copy.

-Alan.