On 9 June 2011 04:39, Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Code in trunk now does not work when distinct pooled instances are
> equal - i.e., if a factory produces instances A and B and
> A.equals(B), this causes problems.   I think this situation should
> be allowed - i.e. it is an unacceptable restriction to put on object
> factories that distinct the poolable objects they produce be
> distinguishable under equals.  This would be a new requirement for
> [pool] and I don't think we should require it.  What do others think?

I agree one should not require instances to be unequal.

That means Pool has to be a bit careful about how it uses hashes -
presumably these objects will have the same hashCodes too.

> Phil
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