gcj/260: "Klass.class" expression should cause Klass to be initialized

Tom Tromey tromey@cygnus.com
Thu Jun 15 21:40:00 GMT 2000


The following reply was made to PR gcj/260; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
To: Bryce McKinlay <bryce@albatross.co.nz>
Cc: Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>, java-gnats@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: gcj/260: "Klass.class" expression should cause Klass to be 
 initialized
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 21:30:10 -0700 (PDT)

 Bryce> It does say that "certain reflective methods" will cause
 Bryce> initialization, so I guess ".class" could fall into that
 Bryce> category.
 
 Oh, I didn't notice that.
 That's good enough for me.
 Probably compatibility is important even if it isn't specified this way...
 
 Tom


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