How often have you done something like this? -

public Result calculate() {
long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
Result myResult = doSomethingLongAndComplex();
log.debug(“Crunching took ” + (System.currentTimeMillis() – start) + “ms.”);
return myResult;
}

It’s kind of ugly when you do it a few times and it does clutter the code. The need for defining an explicit myResult var is even more annoying. So, today, I added…