On Feb 14, 2007, at 4:36 PM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:


> It is normal.


This is normal for you because you know how the compiler works. But  
do you think the compiler works normally? Is it normal that a  
compiler considers two equal strings as identical? I would agree with  
symbols because symbols are immutable. I think this is a first bug, a  
bug in the compiler.

In my opinion, there is another bug. When the collection of a stream  
becomes full, its is replaced by another bigger collection. So,  
first, the stream uses the collection you passed to the constructor,  
then, at a given time, this collection is replaced by a new one. I  
don't think it's a normal behavior. In my opinion, the collection  
must always be the one you gave at the beginning OR it must always be  
a copy. I prefer the second solution.

So, what should be done ? I can write tests for the compiler and  
tests for streams to show the behavior. This tests will fail because  
they show a non corrected bug.


> Lesson: never modify string literals.

Lesson: Use a correct compiler :-)

-- 
Damien Cassou



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