Re: what is the initial value of arrays of object

From:

Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid>

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comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:28:00 -0400

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Peter Duniho wrote:

On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:05:50 -0700, Eric Sosman
<esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> wrote:

[...] Can anyone describe
actual situations where it was found useful to initialize an
array with references to N distinct objects, all generated by
the same constructor with the same arguments? The world is
wide enough that I'm sure such a situation must have cropped
up *somewhere*, but ... well, how frequently? Anybody?

A couple of examples come to mind: initializing an array of UI controls,
and initializing an array of network sockets (or whatever they are in
Java...I forget the details).
[...]

"Examples come to mind ..." Does this mean you've actually
found occasion to do this, or that it's possible to imagine a
scenario where it's possible to imagine that the technique might
be useful? I was sort of hoping for descriptions of situations
people had encountered in real-life programming. Are yours of
that kind?

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Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid