java - Do String constants/literals in code slow down compiling considerably? -

string compile time constants (internalized-strings) , literals can compared ==, assigned same reference @ compile-time if equal somehow.

does mean compiling code consisting of n string literals takes n log(n) time compile?

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do string constants/literals in code slow down compiling considerably?

no.

string compile time constants (internalized-strings) , literals can compared ==, assigned same reference @ compile-time if equal somehow.

no aren't. pooled @ compile time constants area of .class file, , interned @ class-loading time, when reference assigned.

does mean compiling code consisting of n string literals takes n log(n) time compile?

no. there no inherently o(n log(n)) process here. pooling o(1) via hash table in sensible implementation, , interning ditto.

[it of course possible construct compiler or intern() method o(n log(n)), or o(n^3) or worse, isn't entailed in question.]