Re: Value types - compatibility with existing “value objects”

[Vitaly Davidovich]

Why do you want string to be value type? What problem (s) will that
address?

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On Jan 8, 2015 7:04 AM, "Palo Marton" <palo.marton at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you for response. I have read that thread. But apart from first few
> messages it seems to deal with something else - mutable types.
>
> My idea with rewriting String as value is not about changing meaning of
> java.lang.String. That identifier should still mean heap object with
> identity, null, etc... The idea is to give a new name for string value,
> e.g. java.lang.string (lowercase s), or just "string". So "String" will be
> boxed version of "string" and all old pre-value-types code will use only
> boxed objects as before and there will be no semantic change. In new code
> you will use "string" in most cases, but you can use also "String" in
> places where you need it.
>
> From what I have read there are no plans to support something like that. Am
> I right?
>
> Reason why I am asking this is that some time ago I was thinking about
> value types in java and how they should be implemented in JVM. My idea
> about how to implement it in JVM was somehow different, but it can support
> this old-code / new-code compatibility.
>
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Richard Warburton <
> richard.warburton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Will it be possible (within valhalla) to rewrite java String as value
> type
> >> in JDK and use it in all places in JDK where it makes sense? (eg.
> >> Class.forName(string), Object.toString(), Integer.parseInt(string). …)
> >>
> >> Or more general question:
> >>
> >> There are already plenty of “value objects” in existing java code. In
> JDK
> >> we have, String, File, Point2D,... Also many people have already
> declared
> >> their own class Point { final x,y; } and similar objects. Once we move
> to
> >> value types in java, will it be possible to rewrite these to value types
> >> without breaking compatibility with old pre-value-types code? E.g. if I
> >> change my Point object to value type in my library, can this new library
> >> (jar) still be used in other projects that were written before this
> >> change?
> >> And without need to recompile those other projects?
> >
> >
> > See this thread:
> >
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/valhalla-dev/2015-January/000546.html
> >
> > regards,
> >
> >   Richard Warburton
> >
> >   http://insightfullogic.com
> >   @RichardWarburto <http://twitter.com/richardwarburto>
> >
> >
>