Re: how can i optimize the given below code
Piotr Kobzda wrote:
while (source.length() < length)
this.source = source += source;
Lew wrote:
Why are you assigning the string twice each iteration, once to the
local variable and once to the instance variable?
Piotr Kobzda wrote:
It's to let access as soon as possible the newly created string by the
other concurrently running threads.
Yes, I know, that the Java memory model do not guarantee this (field
In fact, it pretty much guarantees that for some runs, the threads will *not*
see the changes made by each other.
should be volatile to ensure this). But it gives the other threads at
least a chance to reference a new instance variable still without adding
the synchronization overheads.
Why would you intentionally do this wrong, i.e., without synchronization? "At
least a chance"? You're only offering a random chance that the other threads
can see the changes.
Never share data between threads without synchronization, unless you really do
want to get wrong results in order to speed up your code. That really seems
like a bad tradeoff - programs could be made arbitrarily fast if we didn't
have that pesky need for correct results.
You are being very, very foolish.
--
Lew
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