Re: cvs commit: jakarta-tomcat-catalina/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/core StandardWrapper.java

[Bob Herrmann <bo...@hue.jadn.com>]

On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 06:55, Tim Funk wrote:
> In case you weren't joking ...
> 
> It can easily break compatibility if someone introduces a new class with 
> the same class name as another class in a different package.


IMHO, the more important reason to not use "import xx.*" is because it
is harder for a developer to figure out where a class is coming from... 
So I see it as a code readability issue.

Cheers,
-bob

> 
> ex:
> import foo.*; /* has class A */
> import bar.*; /* has class B */
> 
> class Foo {
>      A a;
>      B b;
> }
> 
> Imagine time going by and another developer creates another class called 
> A in the bar package. The code above will not recompile because of the 
> abiguous class name.
> 
> -Tim
> 
> 
> Costin Manolache wrote:
> > BTW - what's evil in import * ? I never understood.
> > 
> 
> 
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