> On Apr 29, 2020, at 3:13 PM, Dan Smith <daniel.sm...@oracle.com> wrote: > > . . . > This is all compile-time. > > The status quo in Java is that to assign to a final field at compile time, > you need to do all of the following: > - Be in a constructor for the same class > - Reference the field using an unqualified name or qualified by 'this' > - Use a simple assignment expression (fieldref = expr) > - Place the assignment at a point where the field is DU (has not yet been > assigned to through any local control flow path) > > All other references to the field as an lvalue will be compile-time errors.
Okay, thanks. (Clearly you DO have it all swapped into your head!)
