Why Arrayish implements Cloneable?

[Paul Benedict]

Oh, okay ... so basically when you let the native "any" type be boxed,
you're exposing the same functionality through an interface.

Cheers,
Paul

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 9:25 AM, Brian Goetz <brian.goetz at oracle.com> wrote:

> Because array types (int[], String[]) *already* implement Cloneable and
> Serializable.
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> On 4/27/2016 10:18 AM, Paul Benedict wrote:
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>> I only ask because Cloneable is typically looked at as a poor mechanism
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>> duplicating objects. That's the sentiment, anyway, widely popularized by
>> the Effective Java book.
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>> Cheers,
>> Paul
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