@milessabin I don't think there would be too much work in reimplementing all of java.lang.String's methods to return singletons where poss'.
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HotSpot special cases java.lang.String in a ton of ways. It would be a massive perf hit to have a diff type.
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That would work except in all the cases where value types aren't erased.
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Yep... :/
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