Re: [suggestion] unmodifiable toMany lists

From: Kevin Menard (nirvdru..mail.com)
Date: Wed Nov 11 2009 - 10:45:54 EST

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    Sorry, I meant to simplify the remove call, but you get the idea. 

    -- 
Kevin

    On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Kevin Menard <nirvdru..mail.com> wrote:

    >
> The "problem" exists outside the context of an iterator, too.  What
> would you expect the semantics to be of the following?
>
> foo.allBars.remove(for.allBars.get(0));
>
> Should it just modify the in-memory list or should it represent the
> backing DB and represent a DELETE operation?
>
> It gets a little worse when you add your own custom collection methods
> (i.e., not DB backed) and it's not clear what type you're working
> with.
>
> Don't get me wrong, it's wholly a human problem.  But, false
> expectations can lead to tedious debugging sessions and adoptions of
> seemingly tenuous programming habits.
>
> --
> Kevin
>

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