Yes, but it then explains that escape analysis allows the runtime to avoid creating the Object entirely with scalar replacement. It's written in a confusing way, which is why I felt the need to clarify.
In my defence the sentence I quoted isn't so much deliberately misleading, as outright false. It essentially states that 'new' always results in a heap allocation, which just isn't true.
In my defence the sentence I quoted isn't so much deliberately misleading, as outright false. It essentially states that 'new' always results in a heap allocation, which just isn't true.
A profoundly unhelpful writing style, going out of its way to punish skim-readers. I'm reminded of this TV Tropes page: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ByNoIMeanYes