Re: why String s = new String("test") is bad?

On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:59:40 -0700 (PDT), Steve <javacc2@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

I always wonder why String s = new String("test") is bad?

We always do String s = "test" instead. Why?

Please help explain. thanks!!

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/newbie.html
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/string.html

The first creates a duplicate string object, wasting RAM.
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