Thanks Manoj. You’re quite correct, the text in the brackets is stale and should read as you suggest.
Alex is currently integrating the text into the JLS, so I shall make sure this change is reflected in the final specification. Best wishes, Gavin > On 15 Jan 2021, at 06:52, Manoj Palat <manoj.pa...@in.ibm.com> wrote: > > Hi Gavin, all, > > From > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~gbierman/jep395/jep395-20201204/specs/records-jls.html > (which is the http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~gbierman/jep395/latest as of > writing this), > from the section before introduction, we see that : > > "The changes are the same as those in the second preview of Records in Java > SE 15, except for minor editorial changes and the following: > ... > Add text to explicitly rule out using C-style array declaration of record > components (10.2)." > > but 10.2 talks about only variable arity record component as reproduced below: > > "the array type of the variable is denoted by: > ... > any bracket pairs that follow the variable's Identifier in the declarator > (not applicable for a variable arity parameter or variable arity record > component); then > ..." > > Shouldn't the text in the brackets be "(not applicable for a variable arity > parameter or record component)" ? > > > Regards, > Manoj > >
