[infinispan-dev] Fwd: [jgroups-dev] Incompatible change in 3.1.0

[Manik Surtani]

On 29 Nov 2011, at 10:43, Tristan Tarrant wrote:

> On 11/29/2011 11:28 AM, Bela Ban wrote:
>> Yes, I thought about this too, but then trashed the idea because enums
>> take up too much memory. Since an enum is a class, and an enum instance
>> is an instance (although a singleton / classloader instance), we have
> Why, you would just use the Enum when setting and getting, but otherwise 
> just store your internal representation.

Yes thats what I meant.  This way the internal representation can change from version to version if needed, and still shield users from API change.  Plus enums from an API standpoint is cleaner/nicer, and good enough a reason to do so.

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