[External] : Re: Objects vs. values, the continuation

[Brian Goetz]

I agree totally, the former are semantic properties and the latter is a side effect of representation.  But that doesn’t help us much, because if people assume that these have the same finial field safety / integrity properties as reference objects, they will be in for a painful surprise.  So this has to be part of the story.  

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> On Apr 24, 2022, at 6:30 PM, Remi Forax <forax at univ-mlv.fr> wrote:
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> I think that having a default value / not being null is a property that is easier to understand and easier to grasp than the concept of integrity.