Re: final final final

Tim Easy wrote:

local variables declared final or not result in different bytecode

Not on my machine. Both final and non final locals generate the same
code here (jdk1.4.2_06, javac).

For example this method:

and this method:

both produce this byte code (according to javap):

void foo(int);
Code:
0: iconst_5
1: iload_1
2: imul
3: istore_2
4: getstatic #2; //Field
java/lang/System.out:Ljava/io/PrintStream;
7: iload_2
8: invokevirtual #3; //Method java/io/PrintStream.println:(I)V
11: return

Can you give an example where it does make a difference?

Bas