libgcj/38

[Bryce McKinlay]

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

From: Bryce McKinlay <bryce@albatross.co.nz>
To: Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
Cc: java-patches@sourceware.cygnus.com,
        Java Gnats Server <java-gnats@sourceware.cygnus.com>
Subject: Re: libgcj/38
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 21:41:08 +1300

 Tom Tromey wrote:
 
 > >>>>> "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"?
 
 Well now that you point this out, it will have to synchronize around the
 "locale == null" check in getHeaderDateField() too. Bummer.
 
 regards
 
   [ bryce ]