8 September 2003

08Sept2003

How toLowerCase and isLowerCase Interact: Not a Bug.

By carlfish on 8 September 2003

This is not a bug. The Javadoc for the Character Class explains that the toLowerCase() method does not necessarily return a lower-case letter. It returns either a lower-case letter, or the original letter if it has no lower-case equivalent. →

08Sept2003

It's Better to Beg Forgiveness...

By carlfish on 8 September 2003

Your application should quietly do what it's told, but provide a way for the user to recover from mistakes. Make your actions undo-able. Make your deletions un-deletable. →