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Re: critical Java regression
>>>>> "Per" == Per Bothner <per@bothner.com> writes:
Per> I think there may be two separate more fundamental:
Per> RealNum.toScaledInt cannot possibly a class name, because of
Per> context (before a '('). According to the Names chapter of the
Per> JLS, RealNum.toScaledInt is unambiguously a MethodName. Now
Per> RealNum is an AmbiguousName, but if we're trying to find a class
Per> RealNum.toScaledInt we're probably going about it the wrong way.
I looked at this section of the JLS today. I also dug through the
code a bit. I think in the long term it would be really helpful if
the code in gcj matched what we see in the JLS, if that is possible.
Something for the "rewrite this" list I guess.
Tom