Adding appendHex method to StringBuilder
Mark Reinhold
mark.reinhold at oracle.com
Mon Oct 2 12:18:57 UTC 2023
2023/10/2 7:22:55 -0400, claes.redestad at oracle.com:
> I think this goes against the grain: StringBuilder is a simple builder
> for non-localized unformatted output. For formatted output there’s
> Formatter, String.format and, with JEP 430[1], FMT."..." to help output
> string data in more advanced, formatted and localized ways.
Agreed.
If we were to introduce a `fooBar(x)` method for every common
`foo(bar(x))` expression in the JDK code base then our APIs
would fast become inscrutable.
- Mark
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