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Re: Finding the declaring class of a _Jv_Field


Tom Tromey wrote:
> It sucks that this isn't well specified.  Maybe the only thing to do
> is file a bug report with Sun and hope that they respond to it
> someday.

Bill Pugh has started a related crusade to fix the Java memory model
specification:

http://www.cs.umd.edu/~pugh/java/memoryModel/jsr.html

Take note of 2.5 (g) which addresses final fields.

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Jeff Sturm
jeff.sturm@commerceone.com

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