Why are copy constructors unnecessary for immutable objects? Please explain this for me.
Why are copy constructors unnecessary for immutable objects? Please explain this for me.
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Why are copy constructors unnecessary for immutable objects? Please explain this for me.
Because the value cannot change, it’s every bit as good to reference the same object in all cases, there’s no need to have an “extra copy”, so to speak.