Re:IT Runs on Java 8
by dbaupp on Friday May 10, 2019 @08:09PM
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Yes, those value classes are still heap/GC allocated objects.
Value types are a generalisation of `int`, `long`, `float` (etc), where values are stored inline, not allocated on the heap. For instance, a `Pair<long, double>` that isn't a pointer, but is instead the exactly the size of a long plus a double, and is the same as writing `long first; double second;` inline.
Value types are a generalisation of `int`, `long`, `float` (etc), where values are stored inline, not allocated on the heap. For instance, a `Pair<long, double>` that isn't a pointer, but is instead the exactly the size of a long plus a double, and is the same as writing `long first; double second;` inline.