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diff --git a/wiki/java/stop-using-class-dot-forname.md b/wiki/java/stop-using-class-dot-forname.md index a44f693..b01e972 100644 --- a/wiki/java/stop-using-class-dot-forname.md +++ b/wiki/java/stop-using-class-dot-forname.md @@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ developers. _You don't need to write any code to load a JDBC 4 driver._ +## What's The Harm? + +It's harmless in the immediate sense: forcing a driver to load immediately +before JDBC would load it itself has no additional side effects. However, it's +a pretty clear indicator that you've copied someone else's code without +thoroughly understanding what it does, which is a bad habit. + ## But What About My Database? You don't need to worry about it. All of the following drivers support JDBC |