When is it desired to not implement toString() in Java?

Question

A lead developer on my project has taken to referring to the project\'s toString() implementations as \"pure cruft\" and is looking to remove them from the code base.

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Answer 1

To be fair, said developer here, but not lead developer in any sense.

The original issue is not necessarily about toString(), but about a second method paramString: "With all of its string concatenation and null value checking, paramString is a bug magnet."

See http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/issues/detail?id=99