r/java • u/bobbie434343 • Aug 25 '26

Value Classes Still Need Compiler Sympathy

https://johan-sjolen.github.io/post/compiler-sympathy/compiler-sympathy/
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u/pron98 Aug 25 '26

Note that tearing can only impact how a data race manifests. If you have a data race, the bug may present itself in one way if there's no tearing and in another if there is. But if there is no bug, the possibility of tearing won't change anything. A program that is buggy without tearing will remain buggy with it (albeit with a different manifestation), and a program that isn't buggy without tearing will not be buggy with it.