gcj/164: compiler permits "volatile final" variables
bryce@albatross.co.nz
bryce@albatross.co.nz
Mon Mar 6 16:40:00 GMT 2000
>Number: 164
>Category: gcj
>Synopsis: compiler permits "volatile final" variables
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: apbianco
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon Mar 06 16:40:01 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Bryce McKinlay
>Release: gcc version 2.96 20000305 (experimental)
>Organization:
>Environment:
any
>Description:
The keywords "volatile" and "final" are contradictory. The
JLS 2nd ed (8.3.1) says "A compile-time error occurs if a
final variable is also declared volatile."
gcj does not throw an error.
>How-To-Repeat:
Compile this test:
class Volatile
{
volatile final int foo = 8;
}
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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