Tiger (1.5) will have a new unsynchronized version of StringBuffer, known
as StringBuilder. See 4261803. Existing APIs that use StringBuffer, such
as

public abstract StringBuffer java.text.Format.format(Object obj,
                                    StringBuffer toAppendTo,
                                    FieldPosition pos);

should have overloadings that allow them to be used with StringBuilder
as well.
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