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		halfmatthalfcat on April 1, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A categorized list of all Java and JVM features si... “Codes like a class, works like an int!” - Taken from the top of the page. This is exactly what Value Classes are in Scala. You supply an underlying value which is then interpreted as the value itself, not a reference.

chrisseaton on April 1, 2021 | [–]

What you're talking about is just wrapping a single value. It's a type-system thing.

What we're talking about are wrapping compound values. It's a VM implementation thing.

They're not really comparable.

bcrosby95 on April 1, 2021 | [–]

> must have exactly one parameter,

Huge limitation. Not anywhere near the same thing.

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