IdentityCheck
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Is there an externally observable difference between following programs?
public static String sayHello() { return "Hello World!"; }
public static String sayHello() { String s1 = "Hello"; String s2 = " World!"; return s1 + s2; }
Of course, there is! Just call the method twice:
assert sayHello() == sayHello();
The first version of the method passes the IdentityCheck test. The second does not. There are also other differences in MemoryAllocations as well as StringsUsedInConstantPool.