Re: Package-private access checking in GCJ 3.3

[Eric Blake <ebb9 at byu dot net>]

> > Ranjit> (BTW, we use the same bit for both ACC_SUPER and 
> > Ranjit> ACC_SYNCHRONIZED and these are the only two that share a
> > Ranjit> bit - is this by design or is this an oversight?)
> >
> > Design.  See java.lang.reflect.Modifier -- these values are specified
> > by Java, not us.
>
>
> *Except* for ACC_SUPER, everything else is there and has
> the same value as defined by GCJ - what does ACC_SUPER mean?
> Is it to specially flag references like "super.fooBar"?

Also read JVMS chapter 4 to see the history of these values. ACC_SUPER 
is used for classes (it affects how super.m() is resolved by the virtual 
machine). Note that a class is never marked synchronized; 
ACC_SYNCHRONIZED is used for methods, which are never marked super.

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Eric Blake