Boxing an Int in an object does not mean that a new object is used each time. Indeed, on the jvm all integer literals up to 128 use the same object when boxed. A practice known as interning.
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Boxing an Int in an object does not mean that a new object is used each time. Indeed, on the jvm all integer literals up to 128 use the same object when boxed. A practice known as interning.