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A comment on JDK 9 release schedule. Parent comment

Re:JDK 9 release schedule by arjie on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @08:11PM (#12739856)
He means you'd call `increment(25)` to say you've got 25 more, or `employee.suspend()` instead of `employee.setAccess(SUSPENDED); employee.setPay(0); employee.setBenefits(NONE);`
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Re:JDK 9 release schedule by carterehsmith on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @08:37PM (#12739989)
Increment(25) still mutates the value.

What is the point here?

Point - say you have a database with 300 tables and ~3,000 columns.

You do not want to play the game of "hide the method to change the value". That is a big waste of time for everyone involved.

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