On 23 February 2012 12:10, Gilles Sadowski <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 11:32:54AM +0000, sebb wrote:
>> On 23 February 2012 11:19, Gilles Sadowski <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org> 
>> wrote:
>> > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:55:51AM +0000, sebb wrote:
>> >> On 16 February 2012 16:17,  <l...@apache.org> wrote:
>> >> > Author: luc
>> >> > Date: Thu Feb 16 16:17:14 2012
>> >> > New Revision: 1245061
>> >> >
>> >> > URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1245061&view=rev
>> >> > Log:
>> >> > Removed unneeded clone.
>> >> >
>> >> > The clone did not protect the array used, only the reference ones.
>> >> > JIRA: MATH-650
>> >>
>> >> -1
>> >>
>> >> That was the whole point of the clone - to protect the original external 
>> >> data.
>> >
>> > Please (re-)explain what you mean by "protect".  Cf. my comment on the
>> > JIRA page.
>>
>> See also your comment of 30/Nov/11 00:31.
>
> I know, but my latest comment overrides that one.
>
>> The arrays in FastMathLiteralArrays are private, but the access
>> methods are not, and returning an array allows the caller to modify
>> array elements.
>
> It's true, but unless I'm mistaken, it doesn't matter since in the end there
> is one and only one array that will be _used_ (the modified one) and having
> a pristine copy somewhere else will not prevent the dire consequences of
> using the modified one... ;-/

Not sure I follow that.

Without clone, the array entries can be changed at any time.

With clone, there are two pristine copies; neither can be changed
directly as they are stored in private arrays.

>> If you don't want the memory overhead of a clone, then one could use
>> array entry getters instead.
>
> It's not that: It is because "clone" gives a false sense of security.

How so?

Are you saying that someone can change the original array entries by
accessing the cloned copy?

> Yes, getters would be _really_ secure, as they would prevent an inadvertant
> CM developer to commit a bug in the "FastMath" class. But a _user_ of
> "FastMath" can anyways never access the arrays (as the references/copies are
> "private" to "FastMath"), so I was wondering whether the additional layer of
> security was really worth it (in case a performance loss would accompany the
> getters; if not, then fine, fine).
>
>
> Gilles
>
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