Name: nt126004			Date: 10/29/2001


java version "1.3.1"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1-b24)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.1-b24, mixed mode)


Object.equals is not easy to use when you compare two
object references that can be null.
I'd rather have a
static boolean equals(Object o1, Object o2)
{
   if (o1 == null) {
       if (o2 == null) {
           return true;
       }
       return o2.equals(o1);
   }
   return o1.equals(o2);
}
in the Object class.
(Review ID: 134567) 
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