Hi, On Thu, 2005年02月10日 at 19:13 -0700, Tom Tromey wrote: > "final" was always weird, really. I've seen some texts out there say > that blank finals could only be set in <init> or <clinit>... but this > contradicts what many compilers actually do. And afaik no runtime > ever checked that a blank final was only assigned once. Apparently the MSJVM did. http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/java/2000-10/msg00128.html (Which also contains some quotes on various specs and interpretations.) Cheers, Mark -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/java/attachments/20050212/40c9b66c/attachment.sig>