libgcj/38

[Tom Tromey]

The following reply was made to PR libgcj/38; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
To: Bryce McKinlay <bryce@albatross.co.nz>
Cc: java-patches@sourceware.cygnus.com,
        Java Gnats Server <java-gnats@sourceware.cygnus.com>
Subject: Re: libgcj/38
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 00:19:00 -0800 (PST)

 >>>>> "Bryce" == Bryce McKinlay <bryce@albatross.co.nz> writes:
 
 Bryce> This is a new fix for an old bug. The problem is that certain
 Bryce> classes in java.text need to load resources via the URL class
 Bryce> loading mechanism.  This mechanism itself uses those java.text
 Bryce> classes, and in some cases we get an
 Bryce> ExceptionInInitializerError due to intializer co-dependency.
 
 Bryce> +  private void initializeDateFormats()
 
 Shouldn't this be synchronized?
 And shouldn't the body then check again for "locale == null"?
 
 BTW this isn't for PR 32.  It is for PR 38.
 
 Tom