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Re:More Dirty Coding Tricks from Game Developers (2010) by the_af on Monday August 03, 2015 @12:01AM (#9993711)
And coming full circle with the original question, I'd add:

* Function parameters.

Re-assigning a variable used as a function parameter is frequently a mistake, and almost always makes code more confusing. I find the "this is defined only once in this function" philosophy to be useful in keeping complexity down in Java programs. Even if final doesn't make objects immutable.

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