Re: Need clarification on Object.equals.
On 12/19/2012 6:22 AM, Patricia Shanahan wrote:
On 12/19/2012 2:20 AM, lipska the kat wrote:
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I've noticed this a lot in various newsgroups that I have been
frequenting of late. People who are regular contributors get the idea
that foo.bar.baz newsgroup is their private domain and anyone who has
the temerity to post a question that doesn't meet their exacting
standards get flamed and scolded and told to stop whining.
I get told off but I have the skin of a Rhino and none of you silly
little jibes affect me or my life in any way whatsoever. Not everyone is
so unaffected.
...
I strongly agree with this, except I would have preferred "Some people
who are regular contributors ...".
Do you agree that it is acceptable behavior calling a named
replier lecturing and condescending due to this post:
<quote>
This is a red flag. The code should not be so complex that you can't
show us what is really going on. If it *is* too complex, then likely
the issue is the complexity itself.
However, I think Roedy zeroed in on the most likely cause. Your
abstract class, Node (or some superclass), implements equals()
*incorrectly* and is returning true when it should not. Probably Node()
should not implement equals() at all.
Show us the implementation of equals() for Node (and probably Gate too,
that version of equals() could also be borked in the example you gave)
and we'll point out the error.
<quote>
??
Arne